Home⇛Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal⇛vol. 38 no. 6 (2025)

Looking into the Indigenous People Education Program Implementation Through the Lens of School Heads

Sandra Luck Nantin | Lily Grace Morales

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This qualitative descriptive study explored the roadblocks experienced by the five school heads in implementing the Indigenous People Education (IPEd) Program in Tboli. It was meant to understand the challenges that these school heads encounter as they ensure the effective implementation of the IPEd Program. The roadblocks they encountered have something to do with three features of IPEd Program namely, curriculum and learning resources development, capacity building, educational planning. Under curriculum and learning resources, school heads reveal that they have been using broad-based instructional materials and facing language impediment. School heads are also bearing with leadership and teacher development shortfall, particularly in the area of capacity building. In educational planning, school heads noticed that teachers struggled with understanding the indigenous pedagogies and endured the lack of funds. Based on the findings, an intervention plan was crafted to enhance the implementation of the IPEd Program. It is further recommended to strengthen the implementation of the IPEd Program through the establishment of a comprehensive support system.



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