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GS Research Journal

CHILD FRIENDLY SCHOOL PROGRAM PRACTICES AND
PUPILS’ PERFORMANCE
ROMNICK T. CRUZ

This study determined the level of practices of the teacher respondents of the child
friendly school program in Urdaneta City Division, SY 2013 – 2014.
Specifically, it sought to determine the profile of the public elementary school teachers
in terms of age, highest educational attainment, and number of years of service, extension
service done, religious affiliation and membership in an organization.
It also looked into the level of practices of the teacher respondents of the child friendly
school program along high academic achievement of learners, children health and well being,
teachers morale and motivation, safe and protective place for children, school community
partnership, enrolment and completion and emotional aspect; the significant difference between
the level of practice of the teacher respondents of the child’s friendly school program across the
profile variables, the problems encountered by the teacher respondents that affect their level of
practice of the child friendly school program and the prosed enhancement program to improve
the child friendly school program. The null hypothesis was tested at .05 level of significance
between the levels of practice of teacher respondents of the child friendly school program.
The descriptive method of research was employed and the questionnaire checklist was
used in gathering data. The frequency counts, percentages, average weighted mean and ANOVA
(Analysis of Variance) were the statistical tools used in the analysis of data.
Based on the analysis of data, the following salient findings were yielded: 1) majority
of the respondents belong to age bracket 36-50 considered as middle age, have earned their
masteral units, young in the service, extended their services as seminar workshop lecturer,
facilitator and demonstrator; and most of them are Catholics and members of professional
organization. 2) the level of practice of the respondents of the child friendly school program had
an overall weighted mean of 4.30 denoting a descriptive equivalent of “Highly Practiced” 3) the
level of practice of the respondents of the child friendly school program when compared among
themselves across the profile variables manifest no significant differences. 4) the problems
encountered by the teacher respondents in the application of the child friendly school program
had a computed weighted mean of 3.04.
In the light of findings, the following conclusions were drawn: 1) the public elementary
school teachers of Urdaneta City are middle age, educationally qualified, young in the service,
Catholics and members of professional organization 2) the public elementary school teachers
of Urdaneta highly practiced the child friendly school program 3) the profile variables of the
respondents are not comparable to their level of practice of the child friendly school program
4) the problems encountered by the teachers in the application of their practices in the child
friendly school program are moderately serious.
On the basis of the findings and conclusions yielded in this study the following
recommendations are hereby provided: 1) teachers who have not finished their master’s degree

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