Home⇛International Journal of Research in Advanced Studies and Graduate Education⇛vol. 1 no. 1 (2025)

Evel Of Compliance Of Public Secondary Schools On The Child Protection Policy

Allan Galanza

Discipline: Law

 

Abstract:

Child protection is a fundamental human right and a crucial component of quality education. This study aimed to assess the level of compliance of public secondary schools in [Location] with the Child Protection Policy (DepEd Order No. 40, Series of 2012) and to identify the factors influencing its implementation. A mixed-methods research design was employed, incorporating both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Quantitative data were collected through a survey questionnaire administered to school administrators, teachers, and students. Qualitative data were gathered through in-depth interviews with key informants. The findings revealed varying levels of compliance among schools, with significant disparities observed in terms of awareness, training, and resource allocation. While most schools had established Child Protection Committees, challenges such as inadequate training, limited resources, and lack of awareness hindered effective implementation. Furthermore, cultural factors, societal norms, and bureaucratic constraints were identified as additional barriers to compliance.



References:

  1. Allam, F. C., & Martin, M. M. (2021). Issues and Challenges in Special Education: A Qualitative Analysis from Teacher's Perspective. Southeast Asia Early Childhood, 10(1), 37-49.
  2. Amparo, A. C. B., Mendoza, E. C. B., Licuan, D. A., Valenzuela, L. M., Madalipay, J. D., Jayme, S. I., & Taylor, L. H. (2019). Impact of integrating rabies education into the curriculum of public elementary schools in Ilocos Norte, Philippines on rabies knowledge, and animal bite incidence. Frontiers in public health, 7, 119.
  3. Asio, J. M. R., A Bayucca, S., & Jimenez, E. (2020). Child protection policy awareness of teachers and responsiveness of the school: Their relationship and implications. Asio, JMR, Bayucca, SA, & Jimenez, EC (2020). Child protection policy awareness of teachers and responsiveness of the school: Their relationship and implications. Shanlax International Journal of Education, 9(1), 1-10.
  4. Asio, J. M. R., A Bayucca, S., & Jimenez, E. (2020). Child protection policy awareness of teachers and responsiveness of the school: Their relationship and implications. Asio, JMR, Bayucca, SA, & Jimenez, EC (2020). Child protection policy awareness of teachers and responsiveness of the school: Their relationship and implications. Shanlax International Journal of Education, 9(1), 1-10.
  5. Asis, M. M., & Feranil, A. (2020). Not for adults only: Toward a child lens in migration policies in Asia. Journal on Migration and Human Security, 8(1), 68-82.
  6. Asokan, A. (2021). The United Nations children and armed conflict agenda: Integrating child protection issues and children’s voices in peace processes. Journal of Public and International Affairs, 1.
  7. Bartholet, E. (2020). Homeschooling: Parent rights absolutism vs. child rights to education & protection. Ariz. L. Rev., 62, 1.
  8. Bartolome, M. T., Mamat, N., & Masnan, A. H. (2020). Exploring kindergarten teachers’ perspectives in parental involvement in the Philippines. Southeast Asia Early Childhood Journal, 9(1), 44-58.
  9. Bayucca, S. A. (2020). Teachers' Awareness and School's Responsiveness to the Child Protection Policy: Basis for a Development Plan. Online Submission, 4(6), 59-65.
  10. Bengwasan, P., & Bancual, M. E. J. F. (2020). The developmental status of abused and neglected children in the Philippines. Children and youth services review, 110, 104756.
  11. Berrick, J. D., Gilbert, N., & Skivenes, M. (2023). Child protection systems across the world. The Ofxord handbook of child protection systems, 1-22.
  12. Braithwaite, V., & Ivec, M. (2021). Listening, learning and collaborating through an inclusive national framework for protecting Australia’s children. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 4(4), 455-475.
  13. Burton, A. O., & Montauban, A. (2021). Toward community control of child welfare funding: Repeal the child abuse prevention and treatment act and delink child protection from family well-being. Columbia Journal of Race and Law, 11(3).
  14. Bustos-Orosa, M. A. (2024). Early Childhood Education in Philippines. In International handbook on education in South East Asia (pp. 1-26). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
  15. Cheng, Y. C. (2022). School effectiveness and school-based management: A mechanism for development. Routledge.
  16. Correia, N., Aguiar, C., & Amaro, F. (2023). Children’s participation in early childhood education: A theoretical overview. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 24(3), 313-332.
  17. D'Ayala, D., Galasso, C., Nassirpour, A., Adhikari, R. K., Yamin, L., Fernandez, R., ... & Oreta, A. (2020). Resilient communities through safer schools. International journal of disaster risk reduction, 45, 101446.
  18. Elemino, Q. J., Kilag, O. K., Almendral, C., Oroyan, C. M., Jalboush, Y. B. A. A., & Ruizo, J. (2023). The Silent Epidemic: The Bullying Among Children in Philippine Schools. Excellencia: International Multi-disciplinary Journal of Education (2994-9521), 1(6), 195-203.
  19. Estrada, C. A., Usami, M., Satake, N., Gregorio, E., Leynes, C., Balderrama, N., ... & Kobayashi, J. (2020, August). Current situation and challenges for mental health focused on treatment and care in Japan and the Philippines-highlights of the training program by the National Center for Global Health and Medicine. In BMC proceedings (Vol. 14, pp. 1-9). BioMed Central.
  20. Fore, H. H. (2020). Violence against children in the time of COVID-19: What we have learned, what remains unknown and the opportunities that lie ahead. Child abuse & neglect, 116, 104776.
  21. Forslund, T., Granqvist, P., van IJzendoorn, M. H., Sagi-Schwartz, A., Glaser, D., Steele, M., ... & Duschinsky, R. (2022). Attachment goes to court: Child protection and custody issues. Attachment & Human Development, 24(1), 1-52.
  22. Hendel, N. (2022). United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). In International Conflict and Security Law: A Research Handbook (pp. 719-731). The Hague: TMC Asser Press.
  23. Henderson, S. (2021). The legal protection of women migrant domestic workers from the Philippines and Sri Lanka: an intersectional rights-based approach. International Journal of Care and Caring, 5(1), 65-83.
  24. Horii, H. (2020). Legal reasoning for Legitimation of Child Marriage in West Java: Accommodation of local norms at Islamic courts and the Paradox of Child Protection. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 12(3), 501-523.
  25. Jabar, M. A. (2021). Qualitative inquiry on parental involvement in children’s education: perspectives of parents, children, and teachers in select elementary schools in the Philippines. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 41(3), 488-502.
  26. Jones, P., & Welch, S. (2018). Rethinking children's rights: Attitudes in contemporary society. Bloomsbury Publishing.
  27. Keeley, B. (2021). The State of the World's Children 2021: On My Mind--Promoting, Protecting and Caring for Children's Mental Health. UNICEF.
  28. Kuskoff, E., Parsell, C., Plage, S., Perales, F., & Ablaza, C. (2024). Of good mothers and violent fathers: negotiating child protection interventions in abusive relationships. Violence against women, 30(10), 2531-2548.
  29. Madrid, B. J., Lopez, G. D., Dans, L. F., Fry, D. A., Duka-Pante, F. G. H., & Muyot, A. T. (2020). Safe schools for teens: preventing sexual abuse of urban poor teens, proof-of-concept study-Improving teachers' and students’ knowledge, skills and attitudes. Heliyon, 6(6).
  30. Malolos, G. Z. C., Baron, M. B. C., Apat, F. A. J., Sagsagat, H. A. A., Pasco, P. B. M., Aportadera, E. T. C. L., ... & Lucero-Prisno III, D. E. (2021). Mental health and well-being of children in the Philippine setting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health promotion perspectives, 11(3), 267.
  31. Martin, M. (2019). The implementation of school-based management in public elementary schools. Asian Journal of Assessment in Teaching and Learning, 9(1), 44-56.
  32. McCoy, A., Melendez-Torres, G. J., & Gardner, F. (2020). Parenting interventions to prevent violence against children in low-and middle-income countries in East and Southeast Asia: A systematic review and multi-level meta-analysis. Child abuse & neglect, 103, 104444.
  33. McCoy, M. L., & Keen, S. M. (2022). Child abuse and neglect. Routledge.
  34. Mirasol, J. M., Necosia, J. V. B., Bicar, B. B., & Garcia, H. P. (2021). Statutory policy analysis on access to Philippine quality basic education. International Journal of Educational Research Open, 2, 100093.
  35. Ofreneo, M. A., Canoy, N., Martinez, L. M., Fortin, P., Mendoza, M., Yusingco, M. P., & Aquino, M. G. (2022). Remembering love: Memory work of orphaned children in the Philippine drug war. Journal of Social Work, 22(1), 46-67.
  36. Paci-Green, R., Varchetta, A., McFarlane, K., Iyer, P., & Goyeneche, M. (2020). Comprehensive school safety policy: A global baseline survey. International journal of disaster risk reduction, 44, 101399.
  37. Policy, C. P. (2021). Child protection policy. Community Health, 20(8250), 7333.
  38. Porio, E., Moselina, L., & Swift, A. (2020). Philippines: Urban communities and their fight for survival. In Urban Children Distress (pp. 101-159). Routledge.
  39. Raguindin, P. F., Morales-Dizon, M., Aldaba, J., Mangulabnan, L. P., Reyes, R. P., Batmunkh, N., ... & Lopez, A. L. (2021). Timeliness of childhood vaccinations in the Philippines. Journal of public health policy, 42(1), 53.
  40. Rahamathulla, M. (2021). Cyber safety of children in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region: A critical review of legal frameworks and policy implications. International journal on child maltreatment: research, policy and practice, 4, 375-400.
  41. Rizky, L., Salampessy, M. A. S., & Achdyana, I. (2022). The Effectiveness of The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Regime by UNICEF in Encouraging the Implementation of Child Protection in SoutheastAsian Countries. JASSP, 2(1), 12-20.
  42. Roche, S. (2020). Conceptualising children’s life histories and reasons for entry into residential care in the Philippines: Social contexts, instabilities and safeguarding. Children and Youth Services Review, 110, 104820.
  43. Roche, S., & Flores-Pasos, F. (2023). Protecting Children in the Philippines: A System-focused Overview of Policy and Practice.
  44. Sali, A. H. A., & Marasigan, A. C. (2020). Madrasah Education Program implementation in the Philippines: an exploratory case study. International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 22(3), 201-217.
  45. Siy Van, V. T., Sales, Z. G., Gordoncillo, N. P., Advincula-Lopez, L., Sescon, J. T., & Miro, E. D. (2024). Multilevel pathways of rural and urban poverty as determinants of childhood undernutrition in the Philippines. Journal of Poverty, 28(1), 1-21.
  46. Tarraya, H. O. (2023). Teachers' Workload Policy: Its Impact on Philippine Public School Teachers (Public Policy Analysis and Review). Online Submission.
  47. Termes, A., Edwards Jr, D. B., & Verger, A. (2020). The development and dynamics of public–private partnerships in the Philippines’ education: A counterintuitive case of school choice, competition, and privatization. Educational Policy, 34(1), 91-117.
  48. Ulep, V. G. T., Uy, J., & Casas, L. D. (2022). What explains the large disparity in child stunting in the Philippines? A decomposition analysis. Public Health Nutrition, 25(11), 2995-3007.
  49. Valdebenito, S., Murray, A., Hughes, C., Băban, A., Fernando, A. D., Madrid, B. J., ... & Eisner, M. (2020). Evidence for Better Lives Study: a comparative birth-cohort study on child exposure to violence and other adversities in eight low-and middle-income countries-foundational research (study protocol). BMJ open, 10(10), e034986.
  50. Wismayanti, Y. F., O'Leary, P., Tilbury, C., & Tjoe, Y. (2021). The problematization of child sexual abuse in policy and law: The Indonesian example. Child Abuse & Neglect, 118, 105157.
  51. World Health Organization. (2020). Global status report on preventing violence against children 2020.
  52. Xu, T., Tomokawa, S., Gregorio Jr, E. R., Mannava, P., Nagai, M., & Sobel, H. (2020). School-based interventions to promote adolescent health: A systematic review in low-and middle-income countries of WHO Western Pacific Region. PloS one, 15(3), e0230046.

Tools


Copyright © 2025  KITE Digital Educational Solutions |  Exclusively distributed by CE-Logic