Political Orientations of Student Leaders in a Public High School in Isabela, Philippines

Abstract

This study was undertaken to determine the political orientations of student leaders in a public high school in Isabela, Philippines. The respondents of the study were the elected class officers of each class from Grades 7 to 10, and the officers of the Supreme Secondary Learner Government (SSLG) for the school year 2022-2023. The study made use of descriptive-quantitative-correlational-method of research and the tool utilized was a questionnaire. Frequency counts and percents were used in the profile of the respondents. Mean, median, standard deviation were utilized in determining the political orientations of the student leaders while Chi-Square tests were used in determining the significant difference in the distribution of student leader’s political orientations when grouped by profile variables. Findings indicate that most of the student leaders were females, belonged to Grade 7 and had GWA ranging from 80-84 during the first quarter. Majority of the respondents practiced Collectivism, Liberalism and Militancy, while a few practiced Unionism. Almost all the student leaders described and practiced their political orientations Often. Student leaders in the higher years tend to be oriented towards Collectivism and Liberalism while the freshmen tend to be oriented towards Militancy and Unionism. The student leaders are not distributed differently in their political orientation when they are grouped by sex and first quarter GWA.