Division Education Development Plan (Dedp) and the Schools’ Performance

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the Division Education Development Plan (DEDP) and the schools' performance of public elementary schools in the Division of Laguna. This study was limited to the DEDP and its significant effect to the level of schools' performance in terms of Key Performance Indicators (KPI), School Based Management (SBM), and Office Performance, Commitment and Review (OPCR). The survey questionnaire used in this study was validated by a Public Schools District Supervisor, a Principal, and a Master Teacher while the respondents were the elementary teachers of SDO Laguna.The researcher used descriptive research design to gather necessary data and information. The statistical treatment of data consisted of the descriptive part used frequency count, mean and standard deviation, and for the inferential part, the Pearson product-moment correlation was used.Based on the data presented, analysed, and interpreted, the level of the DEDP and SBM were all Very High, the KPIs were very satisfactory while the OPCR were all high among the respondents.Finally, this study found out that DEDP has a significant effect on the Schools' Performance in terms of KPIs, SBM and OPCR.Based on the findings and conclusions, this study recommended that the DepEd's development plan, whether at the national (BEDP) or division level (DEDP) needs to be monitored at the grassroots for its effectiveness and assign a well-trained and knowledgeable monitoring team to oversee data collection and analysis. Top managers must demonstrate their support to the school principals and must allocate implementation policies and practices such as human resources and funding to facilitate its implementation. The result also served as their basis for training and development to school principals and teachers. Additional research may be done to identify the factors affecting the achievement and effectiveness of this DEDP to the schools' performance.