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Perceived Acceptability and Difficulty of the Implementation of Senior High School - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Strand of Sorsogon State College

Aldrin John Jao Estonanto

 

Abstract:

The Department of Education implemented the Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum in 2013 which led to the creation of Senior High School (SHS) Program. Studies showed the importance of the support of stakeholders to the success of an educational reform. Thus, it is significant to consider the acceptance of the new curriculum. This descriptive- correlational and developmental study was designed to determine the acceptability of the SSC- SHS STEM Curriculum and correlate it to the difficulty level of problems along its implementation. Content- validated survey- questionnaires were used as the instrument. Statistical tools utilized were frequency count, ranking, percentage, mean and Pearson’s coefficient of correlation. The null hypothesis was tested using non directional t-test at 0. 05 level of significance. Findings showed that there was low acceptability of the new curriculum among stakeholders. It also revealed that the major problems along the implementation of the curriculum were on the areas of Facility and Instructional Materials, and that the difficulty level of the problems was high. Finally, it was found out that there was significant inverse correlation between the curriculum’s acceptability level and the problems’ difficulty level. Thus, the study concludes that the acceptability level of curriculum is significantly related to the difficulty level of the problems encountered by the school along its implementation. The researcher recommends that a series of information dissemination programs be conducted to raise awareness on the significance of the STEM Curriculum among the stakeholders of the school. Interventions were also proposed to address the problems.