Delivery of Management Functions of School Administrators in Handling Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE)in the District of Atimonan, Division of Quezon

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Philippine education needs continuous improvement. Pursuant to the constitutional mandate for the provision of free public education at the elementary and secondary level and to meet the country's targets in the Education For All (EFA) Plan 2015 and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with respect to elementary school participation, there is an urgent need to remove obstacles, both financial and non-financial, to the enrolment and continued schooling of school-aged children. The government finds ways to improve education outcomes such as learning achievements and school enrolment. For everyone, a good educational background is a means to a better future. Economists aptly described education as "a major determinant of an individual's future" learning stream: it is the key ingredient in breaking the cycle of poverty.

METHODS

It made use of the descriptive method of research, questionnaire-checklist and information sheet as data gathering tools. There were twenty (21) school administrators and two hundred twenty (220) teachers who were involved as respondents of the study. The mean was used to treat the data statistically.

RESULTS

The delivery of management functions of school administrators in handling MOOE along with planning, organizing and staffing, directing and controlling, and evaluating were perceived as "more delivered" in the District of Atimonan, Division of Quezon. The problems encountered by the school administrators in handling MOOE in terms of planning, organizing and staffing, directing and controlling, and evaluating shows the combined mean in each table which were interpreted as "somewhat serious". The school administrators perceived all the solutions offered very beneficial in the delivery of management functions in handling MOOE with the weighted mean range from 4.0 to 4.11 and described as "more delivered".

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the findings and conclusions, recommendations for future researchers are the conduct of a similar study involving all school administrators in the District of Atimonan Division of Quezon to compare the congruency of the result., a replication of this study to verify its validity, conduct of professional development programs for the school administrators of Atimonan District designed to enhance their management functions in handling MOOE, and research effect of allocation to the school performance on school MOOE.