Underpinning the implementation of child protection policy in selected secondary schools in Bataan [manuscript] / Ingrid F. Mananggit.

Thesis (MAED - Social Studies) - BPSU, 2018.

This study aimed to underpin child protection policy by exploring the narratives of participants among selected public secondary schools in the Division of Bataan during the School Year 2017-2018. Specifically, it focused on the narratives of selected respondents on the child protection policy; the insights derived from the narratives; and the challenges on the implementations of the child protection policy. The data reflected in this study were taken from selected stakeholders of education in the Division of Bataan, such as school heads, guidance counselors, parents, and students, who have direct observance and experiences on how the school is exercising child protection. The study also employed the multiple case studies method of research through the aid of pertinent documents and guide questions incorporated in the structured interview to gather all the data needed in the study. Meanwhile, thematic analysis was used in treating the data gathered. On the use of thematic analysis, data collected in the interview were thematized based on the revealed concepts that were clustered into categories. Such categories were then umbrella into themes. The researcher ensured that the processes of transcribing and key point coding was upheld. In light of the findings of the study, the researcher concluded that the public secondary schools are compliant with the implementation of CPP as the materials and mechanisms provided by the law and the policy are in place; in the implementation of CPP among public secondary schools, the culture of child protection has been successfully instigating, there is the presence of the proactive response and a strong vision for continuous vi improvement; and the challenges on the implementation of the CPP lies on the lack of parents' commitment and teachers' negative notion that it is anti-teacher. In view of the findings, it was recommended that the Schools Division should conduct an intensive monitoring of the implementation of the CPP in every public school and provide technical assistance to best assist them in their implementation; the best practices of other schools should be the benchmark by other public secondary schools to have a standard and synchronized implementation of the program; other strategic and novel activities should be conducted to actively promote child protection and engage further other stakeholders; and an intensive inter-agency partnership must be in place in all public secondary schools to assure a well-communicated, documented, and responded cases of child abuse and violence.