DEPED-LGU Partnership: Its Effects on Quality of Basic Education

Abstract

It is in this context that the study on how DepED-LGU partnership influences the quality of basic education was conceptualized and pursued. The study’s objective was to explore possible models and systems for better provincial DepED-LGU collaboration to improve the services provided to learners. It also aimed to present what issues surround the DepED-LGU partnership. The study assessed the DepED-LGU partnership and their effects on the quality of basic education in the municipality of Naguilian, La Union involving twenty-eight (28) school administrators and twelve (12) Local Government Unit (LGU) officials. It made use of a questionnaire checklist as the main data gathering tool and utilized a descriptive research design for this study. The DepED-LGU partnership was perceived to be “highly important”. The programs and projects under the DepED-LGU partnership were perceived as “highly implemented”. There was a “great extent” of DepED-LGU partnership on the quality of basic education. Some factors perceived to have a “great extent” of effect on DepED-LGU partnership in enhancing the quality of basic education. The measures to address these factors were perceived as “highly applicable”. There is a significant difference in the perceptions of the two groups of respondents along with the extent of the effect of the factors affecting the DepED-LGU partnership in enhancing the quality of basic education. The results revealed that the DepED-LGU partnership is very necessary to improve the quality of basic education in the municipality. The programs and projects under the partnership are remarkably actualized and some factors greatly affect the partnership in enhancing the quality of basic education. The measures to address the factors affecting the DepED-LGU partnership are very appropriate and useful.