B’laan Population Structure and School Indicators: Basis for School Planning | Asian Journal of ....

The aim of this study was to figure out the B'laan population structure and school indicators in Matanao II District so that school planning could be done.

Descriptive survey design was used in this study.

Location and period of study: Matanao, Davao del Sur during the 2017-2018 school year.

The study's respondents were fifty (50) Grade Six B'laan students, twenty-one (21) Matanao II District school administrators, and twenty-one (21) Matanao II District school administrators. The survey's respondents were school administrators and barangay officials, and the survey used a universal sampling tool with a total enumeration technique. However, cluster sampling was used to select Grade Six students from Matanao District elementary schools. The knowledge was gathered using three different survey instruments. The frequency and relative frequency were used to treat the data collected.

The majority of the Grade Six B'laan students were female, between the ages of 12 and 18, and believers in Christ to the Orient. The majority of them did not have siblings in college. Their parents were elementary school teachers, with a monthly income ranging from $1,001.00 to $3,000.00 and 1 to 6 children. Television, mobile phone, radio, electric fan, DVD player, and motorcycle were among the common household appliances they had. Walking was the primary mode of transportation from home to school. The vast majority of them did not budget for transportation, lodging, or daily allowance. Most elementary schools in Matanao II District had a total land area of 2.0 to 2.9 hectares, with 4 to 6 buildings containing 5 to 8 classrooms. Schools had a full elementary education, with five to eight teachers teaching classes of 100 to 200 B'laan students. The number of B'laan students who graduated from the schools each year ranged from 10 to 60. Furthermore, according to the National Achievement Test data, schools had an average MPS of 81-85. The researcher discovered that the average population density of B'laan was 2.07, with the top three barangays having the highest density of B'laan population being Manga, Lagaan, and Bangkal.

Please see the link :- https://www.journalajess.com/index.php/AJESS/article/view/30313