Students Involvement of Emilio Aguinaldo National High School in Extracurricular Activities: Basis for Proposed Policy Guidelines

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Holistic Development is basically the development of everyone's intellectual, emotional, social, physical, artistic, creative, religious values and feelings. The all-round development or holistic development of an individual is only possible through balanced development of scholastic or academic as well as non -scholastic or non-academic aspects in the formal, in-formal and non-formal educational setting in the society. In such cases, individual's involvement in the co-curricular activities become more significant because these activities stop various types of anxieties and stress to come near the individual. Thus, the study aims to assess students' involvement in extracurricular activities as basis for proposed policy guidelines.

METHODS

A descriptive research design utilizing a quantitative method shall be used in this study. According to Creswell (2012), a descriptive study is consisting of a set of gathered data or information, which were analyzed, summarized and interpreted along certain lines of thought for the pursuit of a specific purpose or study. In this study, this design was chosen as it would provide data on the assessment of the students and advisers in the involvement of extra-curricular activities in terms of character and moral development, academic achievement, developmental interest and motivation to learn and leadership.

RESULTS

The active extra-curricular activities participated by the selected high school students of General Emilio Aguinaldo High School are Supreme Student Government (SSG), Math Club, Science YES-O club, KABAYANI, TLE Club, MAPEH, EsP and English SEO. The involvement of the students in extra-curricular activities are all very great extent in terms of character and moral development, as to academic achievement, as to developmental interest and motivation to learn and leadership qualities. There is no significant difference to the assessment of the group of respondents as to character and moral development, academic achievement, developmental interest and motivation to learn and leadership qualities.

DISCUSSIONS

The most problems encountered by the students and advisers in the involvement in extra-curricular activities pertains to confusion on what to prioritize, time management, and low grades. The proposed implementing plan determine the capability building of the educational and scholastic engagement of the students in more competent way through the mechanisms of a quality education that are responsive to developmental stages of the students.