Needs Assessment of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (Lgb) Students of Cardona Senior High School, Cardona, Rizal, Sy 2018-2019: Basis for Lgb Students Development Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The Philippines "Education for All" (EFA) Program of the Department of Education intend to realize the needs of learners by the year 2015. Its goal number 5 declared: "Achieve gender parity by 2005 and gender equality by 2015." As such, the school as a partner of the community is mandated to offer quality education, implant appropriate values and virtues, promote respect of rights, and meet the learning needs of every student even lesbians, gays, and bisexuals (LGB). This study steered to uncover the needs of LGB students and established concrete basis for a comprehensive LGB Students DevelopmentProgram. Such program is the first of its kind as no school in the entire Philippines has this kind of program yet. Hence, the study conducted is irrefutably significant.

METHODS

The study utilized descriptive-quantitative research designs. Purposive sampling was employed to get 30 LGB respondents or 100% of its total population. The study confined itself with LGB students who are open and proud of their gender orientation. The researcher-made questionnaire, which was content validated by research experts, was used as an instrument to gather necessary data. The study was conducted at Cardona Senior High School during SY 2018-2019. This study is anchored on Maslow's' Hierarchy of Needs. Delimited itself on the first six categories of needs only such as physiological, safety, belongingness, cognitive, esteem and aesthetic. The last category, which is self-actualization, was not included as it is not applicable to the respondents.

RESULTS

The respondents were classified according to Gender-Orientation, Gradelevel, General-Weighted Average and Academic Strand. Bulk of the respondents are bisexuals, grade 12, has GWA of 85-95, and from TVL-Cookery strand. The respondents most prevailing need is love and belongingness, followed by physiological need, next is esteem need, then cognitive need, succeeding is safety and security need, and the least is the aesthetic need.

DISCUSSIONS

The results indicated a need for a comprehensive LGB Students Development Program to cater the needs of the respondents. Simple as it may seem, but the research piloted is unquestionably vital, as it gave birth to the Cardona Senior High School (CSHS) LGB Students Affairs Office, which implemented the LGB Students Development Program and other projects that touched the hearts, minds, and lives of the respondents making them even more productive and empowered partners in nation-building.