Governance of Basic Education of Public Schools: A Basis for Professional Training Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The study examined the extent of the implementation of authority, accountability and responsibility of public schools in their governance of basic education in the Division of Santa Rosa City, Laguna.

METHODS

A descriptive normative survey method was used. Data was collected from two groups of respondents. The selected respondents are twenty-six (26) school administrators and three hundred five (305)teachers.

RESULTS

Results reveal that variables that affect the performance of schools are: reluctance of teachers to accept new plans/schemes, lack of school administrators planning on managing physical and fiscal resources including professional staff development, and time of teachers to assist pupil's performance. The results of the study show how school administrators exercise their power that can be instrumental to improve performance.

DISCUSSIONS

Problems encountered by the respondents: On Authority: Reluctance of teachers to accept new plans/schemes as "Highly Serious" as manifested in the composite weighted mean of 4.14 followed by Lack of transparency to open presentation regarding the school's accountability on fiscal and material resources as well as school records as "Highly Serious" as to remuneration with a composite weighted mean of 4.01; on Accountability: Lack of planning on managing of the use of all human physical and fiscal resources including professional staff development as "Highly Serious" as manifested in the composite weighted mean of 4.12 followed by Lack of consultations to present to teachers a particular project of SDS as included in the Division Educational Development Plan as "Highly Serious" as manifested in the composite weighted mean of 3.96 the same with the Lack of further management of fiscal resources of school; on the Responsibility: Lack of time to assist pupil's performance as "Highly Serious" as to remuneration with a composite weighted mean of 4.16 followed by Difficulty on information dissemination due to negligence on the part of their children who deliver some as "Highly Serious" as manifested in the composite weighted mean of 4.06. In view of these findings, particularly the constraints/limitations identified a proposed professional training program school principals and teachers of public schools.