Parents, Teachers and Students Level of Awareness on the Implementation of Disciplinary Actions on Bullying at Mayamot National High School: Basis for Localized Policy Guidelines on Child Protection

Abstract

This descriptive action research study aims to determine the level of awareness of parents, teachers and students on the implementation of disciplinary actions on bullying of Mayamot National High School during school year 2015-2016. The salient findings of the study are as follows: (1) Parent, teacher and student respondents have the same level of awareness on the implementation of disciplinary actions on bullying in terms of knowledge, process and effectiveness as evidenced by overall weighted means of 2.97, 3.18 and 2.96 respectively all verbally interpreted as Aware. This implies that the parent, teacher and student respondents were knowledgeable about the implemented disciplinary actions on bullying. Also, they all believed that the process of disciplinary actions on bullying was well implemented and effective in their school; and (2) There is no significant difference between the level of awareness of the parents, teachers and students in the implementation of disciplinary actions on bullying as evidenced by the computed F-ratio of 1.56 is less than the tabular value of 3.35 at 0.05 level of significance.           

Based from the findings and conclusions, the following are recommended: (1) School heads may promote whole-school approaches to ensure that there is an open-communication and clear understanding of issues related on the implementation of disciplinary actions on bullying in the school community through launching “Anti-Bullying Week” each year to review and evaluate the effectiveness of intervention programs implemented by the school pursuant to the provision of Sec 7 of Republic Act No.10627, otherwise known as Anti-Bullying Act of 2013; and (2) The parents and community must collaborate in the process of creating a bully free school community effectively.