K NA BA?: KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION IN SDO BATANES: AN ASSESSMENT

VIOLETA B. GASILAO

Education Program Supervisor

This research assessed the effectiveness of the Kindergarten Education Program Implementation in the Schools Division of Batanes particularly during the School Year 2018-2019 in terms of curriculum and instruction, assessment, learning resources and instructional materials, learning space and environment and monitoring and evaluation. The researcher made use of quantitative-qualitative method. Data was collected from eighteen (18) Elementary Schools using survey questionnaire. Findings reveal that two (2) teachers handling kindergarten classes do not have training related to kindergarten education. It also shows that the lowest level of awareness of kindergarten teachers in terms of Curriculum and Instruction is on RA 10157. In terms of assessment, it shows that some of the teachers do not prepare formative assessment regularly. As to learning resources and instructional materials, majority of them rated the availability of multi-media and indigenized instructional materials the lowest. When it comes to learning space and environment, play area registered the lowest rating. While monitoring and evaluation was rated the lowest among the evaluated components in the present Kindergarten Education Program. Both the teachers and parents perceived that retaining the child in kindergarten if he/she incurred absences more than 20% of the required number of hours is not an effective intervention under the K to 12 Basic Education Program. The researcher proposes the conception of appropriate training and development activities and other intervention programs and localized policy to address the identified gaps. 

Keywords: Instruction, Assessment, Instructional Materials, learning environment, monitoring