ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF PROJECT EASE AN EFFECTIVE

ALTERNATIVE SECONDARY EDUCATION TO STUDENTS OF SAPANG

PALAY NATIONA HIGH SCHOOL

A Research Project
Presented to the class of Prof. Sancho Antipona
To our panelist Prof. Wilhelmina Lopez and Prof. Marie Shiela Malcampo
Colegio De San Gabriel Arcangel

In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirement for the Course
Communication Arts II

Presented by:
Prado, Jozelina P.
Masangkay, Sarah
Vicente, Jovel and
Alayon, Carlo Angelo

January 22, 2010

INTRODUCTION

There are common situations encountered by teachers with regard to

Students’ school attendance and academic performance, the problem arising

from the situations, and EASE as solution.

Most teachers agree that the problem about students’ leave of absence

Can be minimized more rationally and systematically, if the school has in place,

An alternative program for students who are on leave for justifiable reasons.

EASE was developed by the Bureau of Secondary Education and was adopted

This is one of the strategic components of Dropout Reduction Program (DORP).

EASE is an acronym for Effective Alternative Secondary Education. The

program offers flexible time option to certain students who cannot report to class

during certain seasons of the school year for the various reasons. The program

provides printed self-learning modules for students to use thereby allowing them

to continue their lessons and classroom activities on their own convenient time

(copyright 2009 Bureau of Secondary Education, Dept. of Education, Republic of

the Philippines).

A. Statement of the problem. Realizing the significant effect to the

Students’ of Sapang Palay National High School the Effective Learning

Secondary Education. Specifically, this study aims to answer the question,

What are the advantages and disadvantages of Project EASE? An Effective

Alternative Secondary Education to students’ of SPNHS.

B. Basic assumption. Students’ must respond to the everyday challenges

and demands of family and community life not a hindrances to Education.

C. Importance of the Study. It must be borne in mind that the welfare of

the youth is a perennial responsibility of society.

D. Scope and limitations of the study. This study will cover the Program

Project EASE and the advantages and disadvantages to selected student in

First Year, Second Year, Third Year and Fourth Year.

Review of Related Literature

The Education Department works to lower drop out rates through a more

flexible schooling program. The Effective Alternative Secondary Education

Project, or Project EASE, is a program designed by the Dept. of Education and in

the coordination with the Southeast Asian Ministers for Educational Innovation

and Technology. It targets regular High School students who intermittently miss

classes due to various reasons. Project EASE is not a total replacement for a

regular classes; rather it is designed for studentswhi will only miss a part of the

school year (such as planting and harvesting season)to be able to continue their

studies.

Project EASE uses a module based approach-students. They are given

modules to take home and be able to study their lessons outside the classroom.

It was launched in 1997, with the Davao City National High School among the

first pilot schools to implement this program. The program is now available in the
Public High School nationwide, and is now part of the Drop-out Reduction

Program (www.en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php).

Specific objectives are to:

1. Improve the holding power of the school;

2. Strengthen school and family partnership in order to reduce student drop

out rate; and

3. Increase students’ capabilities for independent self-managed learning.

PROJECT EASE IN ACTION

Education is a priceless legacy we can bequeath to our children. Through

education their potentials for personal development and nation building are

actualized. Therefore, regardless of age, sex, intelligence, ethnicity socio-

economic status, or religious persuasion everyone must have adequate access

to quality education (by: Ms. Lolita M. Andrada, Dir. IV of Bureau of Secondary

Education, Dept. of Education). Project EASE is one program offered by DEPED

to give importance to our education.

When can I avail of Project EASE?

Project EASE is available anytime during the course of the school year. If

you are a certain about the time when you will be unable to attend regular

classes, it is best that inform your class adviser early in order to avail of

Project EASE.

Who are qualified to avail of Project EASE?

 Students who wish to avail of Project EASE must meet the following
qualification:

1. A regular students who will be temporarily unable to attend regular

classes;
2. A passers of reading and writing ability tests in English and Filipino and
the Mathematical ability Test; and
3. A passers of coping ability assessment.

Where is Project EASE offered?

Project EASE is available nationwide. All interested parties may contact

the DORP Coordinator will direct the applicant to the nearest Schools Division

where EASE is offered, In region III Mrs. Miriam E. Adobo.

Management Structure of EASE in SPNHS

EASE program is managed at the school level and support it gets from the

Central Office through the Bureau of Secondary Education, the Regional and

Division Office. The EASE as a DORP intervention is managed through the

DORP Management structure. The school head designates an EASE

Coordinator who will oversee and coordinate all the activities pertinent to the

EASE program. The school head of SPNHS is Dr. Eduardo Cruz and assigned

Mrs. Petronila M. Bunao as EASE Coordinator.

EASE as a DORP intervention is managed through the DORP Management

structure. The school head designates an EASE Coordinator who will oversee

and coordinate all the activities pertinent to the EASE program. The school head

of SPNHS is Dr. Eduardo Cruz and assigned Mrs. Petronila M. Bunao as EASE

Coordinator, through the Bureau of Secondary Education, the Regional and

Division Office. The EASE as a DORP intervention is managed through the

DORP Management structure. The school head designates an EASE

Coordinator who will oversee and coordinate all the activities pertinent to the

EASE program. The school head of SPNHS is Dr. Eduardo Cruz and assigned

Mrs. Petronila M. Bunao as EASE Coordinator.

Here is the organizational chart that shows the management program of

Project EASE.

SCHOOL
HEAD

GUIDANCE SUBJECT
COUNCILOR TEACHERS
PROJECT
EASE
COORDINAT
OR

PARENTS STUDENTS’
ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT EASE TO STUDENTS OF SPNHS

1. EASE is semi-contractual.

2. EASE is distance learning.

3. EASE is a modularized learning.

4. EASE is student-directed and teacher-facilitated.

5. EASE supplements but does replace the regular learning system.

DISADVANTAGES OF PROJECT EASE TO STUDENTS OF SPNHS

1. Inability of parents/guardians to provide the resources needed by the

2. Students and their willingness to generate resources when necessary.

3. The students’ absence to a certain time limiting his/her education to the

true world of learning in the classroom.

4. Learning by self is not merely enough to learn more outside the

classroom.

DATA PRESENTATION

TABLE1: PROJECT EASE: SAPANG PALAY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (FIRST YEAR
REPORT)
PROJECT EASE: FIRST
YEAR (1997-2010) (1997-2009)

STUDENTS UNDER THE PROJECT

YEAR EASE

COMMON
ENROLLED PASSED REASON
1997 17 8 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
1998 10 8 SICKNESS
1999 14 11 WORKING
2000 8 4 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
 2001 15 4 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
2002 10 6 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
2003 11 10 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
2004 9 5 ILLNESS
2005 8 3 FINACIAL PROBLEM
2006 9 8 PERSONAL PROBLEM
2007 10 7 WORKING
2008 NO APPLICANT
2009 3 3 ILLNESS

TOTAL 115 74

* This table shows the no. of first yr. students enrolled and passed the program.

TABLE2: PROJECT EASE: SAPANG PALAY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (SECOND YEAR
REPORT)

PROJECT EASE: SECOND

YEAR (1997-2010) R (1999-2009)

STUDENTS UNDER THE PROJECT

YEAR EASE

COMMON
ENROLLED PASSED REASON
1999 6 6 MARRIED
2000 19 11 MALTREATMENT
2001 15 4 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
2002 14 9 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
2003 18 15 WORKING
2004 23 10 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
2005 32 16 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
2006 14 9 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
2007 20 14 ILLNESS
2008 3 3 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
2009 2 2 SEXUAL HARRASSMENT

TOTAL 166 99

*This shows the no. second year students enrolled and passed the program.
 TABLE3: PROJECT EASE: SAPANG PALAY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (THIRD YEAR
REPORT)
PROJECT EASE: THIRD YEAR (2000-2009)

YEAR STUDENTS UNDER THE PROJECT EASE

ENROLLE
D PASSED COMMON REASON
2000 16 14 WORKING
2001 22 12 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
2002 0 0
2003 0 0
2004 39 9 EMPLOYED
FINANCIAL
2005 37 23 PROBLEB PROBLEM
2006 11 6 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
2007 35 26 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
2008 5 3 HEALTH
2009 4 4 PREGNANT

TOTAL 169 97

* This table shows the no. of third yr. students enrolled and passed the program.

TABLE4: PROJECT EASE: SAPANG PALAY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (FOURTH YEAR
REPORT)
PROJECT EASE: FOURTH YEAR
STUDENT T (2000-2009)

STUDENTS UNDER THE PROJECT

EASE
COMMON
YEAR ENROLLED PASSED REASON
2000 15 9 PREGNANT/MARRIED
2001 29 23 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
2002 0 0
2003 0 0
2004 26 22 WORKING
2005 51 37 FINANCIAL PROBLEM
2006 0 0
2007 0 0
2008 11 8 PREGNANT
2009 11 6 PREGNANT

TOTAL 143 105

* This table shows the no. of third yr. students enrolled and passed the program.
 TABLE5: SUMMARY REPORT OF THE TOTAL NO. OF STUDENTS ENROLLED AND
PASSED ALL LEVEL

PROJECT EASE PROGRAM (1997-2009) SUMMARY

ALL LEVELS FROM FIRST YEAR TO FOURTH
YEAR
TOTAL NO. OF
ENROLLED TOTAL NO. PASSED
LEVEL
FIRST YEAR 115 74
SECOND YEAR 166 99
THIRD YEAR 169 97
FOURTH YEAR 143 105

TOTAL 593 375

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RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

I therefore conclude that Project EASE is an effective program to reduced

drop-outs in SPNHS because more than half of the students enrolled in the

program since 1997 up to this present passed and they all continue and back in

regular classes. Education is life, not a preparation for life. It should be

concerned with actual problem, issues and concerns of the learner. EASE helps

students respond to the everyday challenges and demands of family and

community life. Education is self- realization of a person’s potentials; the mental,

social, physical and emotional. The school exists for the learners: it is the school

that should adjust itself to meet the learner’s need. The world is a classroom.

Learning can take place anywhere at home, in the workplace, in learning centers.

Learning is continuous progression. Previous knowledge and experiences are

utilized to form new knowledge.