Child-Friendly School Administration in Quezon Province: Procedural Barriers and Observed Benefits

Abstract

This study aimed to create an operational manual based on the procedural barriers and observed benefits in the implementation of child-friendly school system in Quezon Province. In the research process, the researcher used a modified questionnaire by Valdeavilla (2015) to correlate the procedural barriers and observed benefits in the implementation of CFSS. The study used a concurrent triangulation mixed method of research to obtain extensive information from the 332 respondents from three schools division offices in Quezon Province. The procedural barriers revealed in the study to be observed in a moderate extent in all six dimension while the benefits of implementing CFSS is observed to the greatest extent. It is also found out that there is no significant relationship between the procedural barriers and observed benefits in the implementation of CFSS in all six dimensions. The proposed operational manual for child-friendly school system conforms to the standards necessary for successful implementation of CFSS. This research was an emerging attempt to investigate empirically the implementation of the Department of Education on establishing a child-friendly school system among public secondary schools in Quezon excluding annexes or extension schools. The manual consists of different sections starting with the vision, mission, and core values of the Department of Education. Moreover, it gave an overview of the structure of CFSS including its dimensions, standards, and indicators. Furthermore, the operational manual entails a monitoring and evaluation tool to measure the level of success and effectiveness of CFSS implementation.