ASSESSMENT OF SCHOOL CRITICAL SAFETY CONCERN - Zorabel Maria A. Delos Reyes
ASSESSMENT OF SCHOOL CRITICAL SAFETY CONCERN - Zorabel Maria A. Delos Reyes
ASSESSMENT OF SCHOOL CRITICAL SAFETY CONCERN - Zorabel Maria A. Delos Reyes
1, MARCH, 2019
ABSTRACT
The school is every child’s second home and safety are everyone’s business. The best safety effort
will involve all aspects of the child’s school, including classroom instruction, school services, and
school climate. The focus of this study was to assess the critical safety concerns of Bauan Technical
High School, Batangas, Philippines as perceived by the senior high students. Schools are expected
to comply with all applicable laws, rules, and standards relating to safety. The study determined the
gender and age of the respondents. It also assessed the perception regarding school critical safety
along with the school policy, comprehensive safety plan, school building, school grounds, procedures
in handling visitors, emergency communication, transportation rules and accident procedures, illegal
activities, respect for persons, and getting help. Among the 10 safety concerns, handling visitors was
observed to a very great extent while illegal activities were observed to a less extent. The descriptive
method of research was applied in the study with the questionnaire as the data gathering instrument.
The findings were derived from the responses of the 100 senior students comprised of 59% male and
41% female teenagers whose age ranges from 15 to 18 years old. Procedures in handling visitors
had the highest average which was observed to a very great extent and the other safety concerns
were observed to a great extent while illegal activities were observed to a less extent. A proposed
school safety activity shall further enhance the school safety program. In general, the school
implemented critical safety measures in different concerns under the parameter of this study. High
commitment to different safety concerns must be continued and emergency procedure in case of
bomb threat may be strengthened. Future researchers may continue this study with teachers and
administrators as the respondents, and may conduct studies that may be related to the current study
in another research locale.
Keywords: Critical Safety Concerns, Senior High School Students, School Safety Activities,
Descriptive Method, Bauan Technical High School, Philippines
INTRODUCTION
Safety is everyone’s business. Safety in moral, spiritual, and social well-being. Quality
the schools is essential and necessary to support education is necessary, not only for the future of
the academic success of each child, giving them the children and families, but for the future of the
the opportunity to learn and achieve in a safe and country. An educated citizenry and workforce are
nurturing environment Providing a safe school is essential to compete in the global economy and
both a legal and moral responsibility of the to maintain democracy. A safe school
Department of Education. According to the 1987 environment is a prerequisite towards achieving
Philippine Constitution, Article 2 s13, the state to that goal. If the government is effectively provided
recognize the role of the youth in nation-building quality education, it must provide students an
and shall promote and protect their physical, environment conducive to learning. In this view,
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