Compliance with School-Based Management Standards: An Assessment for Policy Formulation

Abstract

Basic education is challenged to be responsive to the current demands of
quality education through the efficient delivery of educational services
and the translation of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that enable the
learners to attain mandated learning outcomes. Over the past decades,
many initiatives and reform efforts have been implemented to realize
the thrusts of Basic Education Reform Agenda. One key response of the
national government is the implementation of the standard principles of
the School-Based Management (SBM). Two elementary schools in the
Division of San Carlos City in Negros Occidental, Philippines, implement
SBM with an ultimate goal of achieving learning outcomes. This study
aimed to assess the level of compliance with the standard principles of
SBM and its implication to the quality of life among the learners beyond
basic education using a descriptive-comparative research design. The
participants were internal and external assessors identified through
a predetermined criterion. The data were collected through SBM
standardized survey form with the necessary supporting documents
including focus group discussion (FGD) relative to the compliance with
SBM standards. The findings revealed that the two central schools are
on Level 2 and are categorized as maturing schools, wherein, most of
the standard principles of SBM are complied with and implemented for
continuous improvement. Both schools are prepared for National SBM
level 3 accreditation relative to the SBM principles.