TITLE

Comparative Evaluation of the

Primary Education Literacy in
Nagkaisang Nayon Elementary
School (Public) and International
Christian School (Private)
 Objectives:
 To identify the primary factors that affect
literacy and its contribution to primary
literacy development.
 To examine and compare the primary
literacy performance of public and
private schools.
 To appreciate the level of literacy that our
public and private elementary schools
have.
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 Introduction
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 “Education is very important investment

among Filipino families. As the saying,
“the best inheritance that a child gets in
life is good education”. For some
parents in the poor urban sector, the
solution is to put their children in the
public schools”.
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 -Maria Agnes Jugo

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 “The real joy in teaching is helping a

student find that moment when they no
longer at learning as something that
they have to do and it becomes
something they no longer can do
without”.
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 -Michelle Cook
Overview:

State of Primary Education

in the Philippines and Global
 Primary Education in the
Philippines:
 The NSCB revealed that in the 2006-2007
school year only 83 percent of children
were enrolled in primary school, down
from 90 percent five years earlier. Even
worse, only 59 percent of children
eligible for secondary school were
enrolled. This means one out of six
children is being deprived of primary
education and one out of three children
is deprived of secondary education.
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 State of Primary Education
Globally:
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 The population of primary school age in Eastern
Asia is expected to drop by 25 percent or 29
million between 2000 and 2015 , easing the
pressure on the education system. Other
regions with a projected decrease in the
population of primary school age are the
Commonwealth of Independent States and the
developed countries. In Latin America and the
Caribbean and in South-Eastern Asia, the
population is expected to be virtually
unchanged.

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  In Sub-Saharan Africa, the number of children of
primary school age is estimated to grow by 37
percent or 41 million children over the period
2000 to 2015.
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 In Western Asia, Southern Asia, Oceania, and

Northern Africa, the projections also show an
increase in the population of primary school
age, but at a lower relative and absolute level
than Sub-Saharan Africa. Countries in the
former regions therefore face fewer
demographic obstacles on the path to universal
primary education than countries in Sub-
Saharan Africa.
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 Methodology:
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 The data were gathered from International Christian School (private) ,
Nagkaisang Nayon Elementary School (public) , 3 teachers from
private school, 17 teachers from public school, 29 students from
private school and 174 students from public school. The
instruments used to determine the characteristics of the
elementary literacy performance of both public and private school,
as well as the problems that the teachers encountered, were the
Rating Scale: Elementary Environment and Teacher Observation;
and Teacher-Interview Checklist and Teacher-Rating Scales. The tool
used to evaluate the elementary literacy performance of children
was the Early Literacy Test.
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 Out of 581 population of students in Nagkaisang

Nayon Elem. Sch., 30% of it was taken as
sample and so 174 students were randomly
selected from grades 1, 2 and 3. Same
technique has been done with International
Christian School. Out of 96 population of
students, 29 students were also randomly
selected.
Data Presentation
Teacher - Interview and
Teacher Rating Scale
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 PUBLIC SCHOOL  PRIVATE SCHOOLS

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 The mean of the scores The mean of the scores

is 3.7. It shows that is 4.05. It shows that
public teachers are private teacher are
frequently using always using creative
creative materials or materials or
strategies in strategies in
teaching reading. teaching reading.
Student – Interview and
Student Rating Scale
 
 PUBLIC SCHOOL  PRIVATE SCHOOLS
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 The mean of the scores The mean of the scores
is 3.3. it suggest that is 4.05. It suggest
in public schools, the that the strategies
strategies used by used by the teacher
the teacher is only in private schools are
sometimes effective frequently effective
for the students. for the students.
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Factors that affect Literacy
Rating Scale: Early Environment
and Teacher Observation
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 Table  Description
part 
s
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 Physical environment which is
 A designed to promote concrete
learning enabling the children to
explore the place and materials
towards literacy development.
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 B Learning opportunities for big and
small groups of children giving them
options to choose learning
experiences that will develop literacy.
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 C Teacher noted to be observed,

records and assessed child and groups
progress and bases instruction on this
information.
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 D Methods and strategies that teachers

used to class motivate students to express
themselves.
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 E The manner of teaching language arts

in class.
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 F Motivation to use creativity as a way of

expressing the children’s imagination,
thinking and productivity.
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The Rating Scale Result
 TABLE A:  TABLE B:
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 Public: 3.7 Public: 4.1
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 Private: 4.5 Private: 4.2

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  TABLE C:  TABLE D:
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 Public: 4.2 Public: 4.3
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 Private: 4.6 Private: 4.3

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  TABLE E:  TABLE F:
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 Public: 3.4 Public: 3.5
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 Private: 4.4 Private: 4.2

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 Conclusion:
Primary Childhood Environment
and Teacher Observation
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Possible highest score in the rating scale of primary

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childhood environment and teacher observation is

50. and the result are: for private school(ICS) they
gain 4.3 and public school (NNES) 3.9. So, the
private schools have an moderately adequate
environment and teacher while public have
minimally inadequate. Therefore the result shows
that private schools is more adequate in terms of
factors that affect literacy than public. This is why
private schools gain high literacy performance.
 Conclusions
 Through data analyses, the following were the generated
findings:
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 1) The characteristics of the elementary literacy performance

of both public and private schools are geared towards the
traditional approach. Teachers are using paper-pencil task,
workbooks and phonics instruction.
 2) The class size of public school is much bigger than the class
size of the private school provided that the public school
doesn’t have enough classroom spaces for students.
 
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 3) Children in public school are usually taught in large
groups and no small group learning experiences are
offered.
 4) There are Developmentally Appropriate materials
available in private school than in public school.
 5) The focus of teaching is always through teacher-
directed instruction.
 6) The most significant problems that the elementary
public teachers encounter within the service are: a)
the children have lack of understanding of the words
being read in class and age-inappropriate lessons; b)
there is lack of creative teaching materials and story
books.
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Obviously, Private school is expected to be well-

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equipped than those of public school. Therefore,

the literacy performance of Private school is much
higher than of the Public school because of the
many factors that affect the literacy performance
of the students.
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 Recommendations
 Teachers should undergo regular trainings in teaching
and be more resourceful in creating learning
experiences to children.
 Development leaders should have a good monitoring
system that will evaluate the elementary schools
both public and private in their primary literacy
performances.
 Consistent evaluation of students’ performance is
recommended to note who among them should
undergo remediation or intervention to address the
children’s need in an earlier phase.
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