Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A (CALABARZON)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF RIZAL PROVINCE
LAGUNDI-CCL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
LAGUNDI, MORONG, RIZAL

I. Program Title

Project SAVE (Students Are Valued and Encourage)

II. Introduction

The school dropout rate is one of the measurements to see the effectiveness of a
country’s educational system. It is discussed that the important criterion that shows the
quality of education in a particular country are absenteeism and school dropout rates.
These criterions are said to be an important predictor of the existing and future
problems of the educational system in a particular country.As Lagundi-CCL National
High School strives to continuously decrease if not eliminate the dropout students.
Information about absences is the most practical indicator for identifying students in
need of early intervention to prevent from dropping out and reduce the percentage of
students’ absenteeism. The recent shows at 1% of decrease of dropout rates were
recorded
.

III. Rationale

There is no one magical, quick fix solution to the dropout problem. The problem
is complex and requires a complex array of solutions. Dropouts have dissimilar
characteristics and therefore need different kinds of programs which respond to their
individual circumstances and needs. Programs, to be effective, need to provide one-on-
one intensive attention to at-risk students, who often must be convinced that they are
competent and can be successful in school.

The Project SAVE believes that the approach to the drop-out problem by
delivering personalized supports to help students overcome their current challenges.
We need to have open hand, open mind and open hearts in dealing with them.
Sustained interventions are needed to continuously eliminate the SARDOs.

In this trying times the collaboration should be consistent and should be aligned
on whatever our school (Lagundi-CCL) and the Department of Education implements

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Department of Education
REGION IV-A (CALABARZON)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF RIZAL PROVINCE
LAGUNDI-CCL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
LAGUNDI, MORONG, RIZAL

and adheres to. Thus Project SAVE is significant program to save the Students-At-Risk
of Dropping out and encouraged drop outs to go back to school. As what famous saying
goes, “No child should be left behind”

IV. Legal Basis

Article XIV of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that the State shall:

1. protect and promote the right of every citizen to quality education at all levels and
shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all;
2. establish, maintain and support a complete, adequate and integrated system of
education relevant to the needs of the people and society; and
3. encourage non-formal, informal, and indigenous systems, as well as self-
learning, independent, and out-of-school study programs particularly those that
respond to community needs .

The Education Act of 1982 (BP Blg. 232) stipulates that “The State shall provide the
right of every individual to relevant quality education regardless of sex, age, creed,
socio-economic status, physical and mental condition, racial or ethnic origin, political
and other affiliation.”

Republic Act (RA) 9155 (Governance for Basic Education Act of 2001) envisions a
curriculum that shall promote the holistic growth of Filipino learners and enable them to
acquire the core competencies and develop the proper values. This curriculum shall be
flexible to meet the learning needs of a diverse studentry, be relevant to their immediate
environment and social and cultural need

Article 28 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (November
1989) provides that States Parties recognize the right of the child to education, and with
a view to achieving this right progressively and on the basis of equal opportunity, they
shall in particular:

1. make primary education compulsory and available free to all;

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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF RIZAL PROVINCE
LAGUNDI-CCL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
LAGUNDI, MORONG, RIZAL

2. encourage the development of different forms of secondary education, including

general and vocational education, make them available and accessible to every
child, and take appropriate measures such as introducing free education and
offering financial assistance in case of need; and
3. take measures to encourage regular school attendance and reduce dropout rate.

Pursuant to DO 74, s.2010 Guidelines on Mainstreaming the Dropout Reduction

Program (DORP) in the Public Secondary Schools: The effectiveness of the Dropout
Reduction Program (DORP) in reducing dropout rate, in the attainment of zero dropout
rate, in increasing participation rate and improving learning outcomes using formal, non-
formal and informal approaches have been proven effective in many schools across the
regions.

V. Objectives
There are many factors that may place students at risk and contribute to a
student's decision to drop out of school. These include school, community, and family
related factors. In many cases, no one factor leads to a student's decision to drop out,
rather it is a combination of factors.

In this regard, the Project SAVE has the following objectives to wit:

 Identify the names of the Student-At-Risk-of-Dropping-Out (SARDO)

 Involve parents and community in the project
 Disseminate, communicate all important information to all stakeholders and
partners.
 Engage teachers to ensure efficient and effective implementation, monitoring and
evaluation of the program
 Design or adopt various strategies of dropout reduction
 Reduce the dropout rate at least 0.05% on a yearly basis

A. Purpose

Project SAVE (Students Are Valued and Encourage): Preventing Students-At-

Risk of Dropping Out (SARDOs) is a school-based project which is part of our

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REGION IV-A (CALABARZON)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF RIZAL PROVINCE
LAGUNDI-CCL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
LAGUNDI, MORONG, RIZAL

Enhanced School Improvement Plan (ESIP). This basically aims decrease dropout rate
by at least 0.05 % from the current 1% decreased this year.

B. Policy Statement

The school shall continue to reducing dropout rate in the attainment of zero
dropout rate.

VI. Scope

Project SAVE, as part of the School Learning Continuity Plan Team for the
School Year 2021-2022, is responsible connecting with the learners who dropped out;
helping the learners to go back to school and identifying the underlying reasons of
dropping out. The project is also responsible for developing other interventions based
on the findings to decrease the dropout rate and increase the retention rate of the
school in relation to the learning Continuity Plan of the school.

Likewise, the members are task to disseminate, communicate all important

information to all stakeholders and partners to strengthen the community relation in the
achievement of shared goals.

VII. Definition of Terms

For clearer understanding of this paper, the following terminologies are

operationally defined.

Community. This refers to various individuals, groups businesses and institution

that are invested in the welfare and vitality of school and the learners.
DORP. This refers to the Dropout Reduction Program
Stakeholders. This plays a vital role in managing schools. They are the partners
of the school leaders in making the school conducive to teaching and learning, they are
also responsible for the achievement of the learning outcomes through active
participation in school activities, programs and projects.
SARDO. This refers to the Student-at-Risk at Dropping Out

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REGION IV-A (CALABARZON)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF RIZAL PROVINCE
LAGUNDI-CCL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
LAGUNDI, MORONG, RIZAL

Monitoring and Evaluation. This includes the performance review and

assessment of the whole process of the Project SAVE

VIII. Content and Guidelines

A. Roles and Responsibilities

1. Team Leader
 craft the localized guidelines of the team
 plan, design, and coordinate the process of the program
 ensure the effective and efficient implementation of the activities
 collaborate with other team leaders and project proponents
 lead the monitoring and evaluation of the activities

2. Team Members
 do the needs assessment and other related activity
 provide assistance to the leader in the conduct of the process of the
program
 collaborate with team members of the other teams and project proponents
 ensure necessary document related the program
 assist in monitoring and evaluation phase

B. Process

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Department of Education
REGION IV-A (CALABARZON)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF RIZAL PROVINCE
LAGUNDI-CCL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
LAGUNDI, MORONG, RIZAL

1. Identify names of previous dropped out students:

2. Conduct a Learning Action Cell every First and Last Quarter

3. Orientation with Parents and Student

4. Preparation of teacher’s attendance/individual monitoring tool

and anecdotal record

5. Tapping

6. Implementation of the Project Save

7. Monitoring and Evaluation

The Project SAVE follows specific process in the implementation of the program.
Below are the procedures being followed:

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REGION IV-A (CALABARZON)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF RIZAL PROVINCE
LAGUNDI-CCL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
LAGUNDI, MORONG, RIZAL

A. Identify names of previous dropped out students:

The project shall identify and monitor the names of previously dropped out
students during the School Year 2020-2021by their respective advisers. Then the
identified names will be forwarded to Guidance Counselor in each grade level and
names will be forwarded as a clientele of Project Save.
B. Conduct a Learning Action Cell every First and Last Quarter
Conducted LACs In order to know the roles and contributions of each member for
determining the basis and reasons of a sadden increase of dropped out rate of
the students. Through this LACs the expected implementation of the project will
be monitored by means of quarterly report of each concerned person.
C. Orientation with Parents and Student
Project Save together with the School Head, Department Heads, Class Advisers,
Subject teachers, and Guidance Counsellor will conduct an orientation to the parents
and students about this project.
D. Preparation of teacher’s attendance/individual monitoring tool and
anecdotal record.
Class advisers and subject teachers will give immediate attention to at risk of
dropping out learners by having their attendance/individual monitoring plan and
anecdotal record prepared. In this phase, teacher will help the learners through
monitoring using Group Chats, Messenger or Phone call or log sheet upon giving
and retrieval of modules or worksheet. If none of the ways worked, teachers conduct
home visitation and interview
E. Tapping

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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF RIZAL PROVINCE
LAGUNDI-CCL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
LAGUNDI, MORONG, RIZAL

The adviser will call the attention of persons responsible for handling the risk
dropped out learners.
F. Implementation of the Project Save
Implementation of the Program will be conducted
G. Monitoring and Evaluation
Project Save will conduct a Quarterly monitoring of previous dropped out
and at-risk student dropping out through the help of class advisers. Upon
monitoring, Project Save will evaluate the student’s status and provide the
following solutions for the students cause.

IX. Collaboration

Project SAVE believes that through collabioration, we can achieve more. Thus,
the project is always open to collaborate with different projects relative to dropout
learners. The following considerations are hereby provided for the purpose of
collaboration:

 The project to collaborate is a recognized and existing/new project in

school
 The end-goal of the program can be used as well to achieve the goal of
Project SAVE, that is to eliminate dropouts and encourage SARDOs to
continue their schooling
 There is a clear process and objectives with functional committee
 Data gathered and output can be used as basis for additional projects of
the Project SAVE

XI. Monitoring and Evaluation

Monitoring is “a continuing function that uses systematic collection of data to

provide indications of the extent of progress and achievement of objectives and

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REGION IV-A (CALABARZON)
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF RIZAL PROVINCE
LAGUNDI-CCL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
LAGUNDI, MORONG, RIZAL

progress in the use of allocated funds. Evaluation is the process of determining the
worth or significance of an activity, policy or program, which aims to determine the
relevance and fulfillment of objectives, development efficiency, effectiveness, impact
and sustainability (OECD, 2010).

References

Department of Education Order No. 12, s. 2020 Adaption of the Basic Education
Learning Continuity Plan for School Year 2020-2021 in the Light of the COIVD-19 Public
Health Emergency.

Article XIV of the 1987 Philippine Constitution

The Education Act of 1982 (BP Blg. 232)

Republic Act (RA) 9155 (Governance for Basic Education Act of 2001

Article 28 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (November 1989)

DO 74, s.2010 Guidelines on Mainstreaming the Dropout Reduction Program (DORP) in

the Public Secondary Schools

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