Assessment on The Capabilities of Selected Public High Schools in San Juan Batangas to Offer Senior High School Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The Department of Education announced the implementation of the Senior High School program starting school year 2016-2017. The program offers the students a common core curriculum and the option to choose electives from four tracks, namely: academic, technical-vocational and livelihood, sports, and arts and design. The study aimed to assess the capabilities of the public secondary high schools in San Juan Batangas to offer the Senior High School program.

METHODS

The researcher used the descriptive method for this study. This was used, as it was deemed appropriate for this study, since this aimed to describe, analyze, and interpret the conditions that determine the schools' readiness in implementing the Senior High School program. The respondents of this study were two hundred four (204) teachers and ten (10) school heads from public secondary schools in San Juan Batangas, selected through random sampling.

The researcher used a questionnaire which is divided into two parts. The first part listed items on the management action in managing time: VGMO, curriculum and instructional climate. The second part included items on the respondents' perceived level of readiness in terms of human and physical resources in implementing the Senior High School program.

RESULTS

The collected data were analyzed and treated statistically through the use of qualitative description to assess the school administrators and teachers on the extent of readiness to implement senior high school program in terms of management actions, variables, and the level of readiness in terms of human resources and physical resources. Moreover, the collected data determined the relationship between the extent of readiness in terms of the Management Action Variables and the level of readiness in terms of human resources and physical resources.

DISCUSSIONS

From the findings, the following conclusions were drawn: The public secondary schools in San Juan Batangas are almost ready to offer senior high school program based from their management action variables. The human resources of the schools are prepared to cater the said program yet their physical resources are still unsure. There was also a strong association between the management action variables and readiness of schools in terms of physical and human resources. Variations on the perception of the respondents could be due to the nature of their functions, the school heads being centered at office works and teachers being the main implementers of the program.