The Hesitancy of Grade 10 Students from E. Barretto Sr. National High School in Pursuing Senior High School Education at Calamba Integrated School for Academic Year 2019 to 2020

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The school opening for Senior High School at Calamba Integrated School for the Academic Year 2019 to 2010 is fast approaching and the authors were among those senior high school teachers tasked with visiting nearby public high schools with no senior high school setup to convince the Grade 10 students to pursue their senior high school education at Calamba Integrated School (CIS). CIS offers Accountancy, Business and Management(ABM) and General Academic Strands(GAS) and technical-vocational strands focused on Information and Communication Technology(ICT) and Home Economics (HE). For the abovementioned strands, CIS has complete facilities and highly competent instructors. Despite these, it was observed that many grade 10 students were still hesitant to pursue senior high school education at Calamba Integrated School.

METHODS

It was observed during the school visit and talk made by the authors to Grade 10 students that there are a number of reasons and conditions contributory to the hesitancy of grade 10 students to pursue senior high school education at CIS. Responses by the students on the reasons for their hesitations prompted the authors to dig deeper into these concerns. Questionnaires were then prepared and randomly distributed to grade 10 students to verify the validity of previously observed predicaments.

RESULTS

Based on the answers of the 100 randomly selected students, only 16 students or 16% were to pursue senior high school at CIS. The rest of the students showed hesitancy based on the following conditions: 1. Poverty and financial difficulty -24%; 2. Distance from residence -19%; 3. Desire to experience studying at private schools -15%; 4. Separation from established acquaintances -10%; 5. Lack of knowledge about CIS -9%; 6. Health related and other issues 7%.

DISCUSSIONS

The results demonstrated the need to disseminate more information about Calamba Integrated School, its adequate school facilities, the availability of highly competent teachers, free high school education, and the 100% passing in TESDA assessments of student skills.