A Study on the Effects of Budget Allocation on Public Secondary School Students of Quezon City

Abstract

The present situation of the Philippine educational system is the product of centuries of colonization—from a tool of propagating religion to a tactic used to create generations of western-oriented academics. But with issues of corruption here and there, even the institution of knowledge, the Department of Education, is in question for providing education as a constitutional right, and if so, how efficiently it is utilizing the budget that is allotted for the department. There are numerous studies concerning the validity of these anomalies and only a few from the perspective of the proponents of education itself: the students. This study aims to shed light on the effects of budget allocation on public secondary schools in Quezon City, the most populous city in the country. Data are gathered through disseminating surveys to forty-four students from different public high schools and conducting informal interviews with their teachers. Data gathered show a minimal but distinct suspicion and awareness of corruption among their schools, specifically by their school administrations. Although this might be, these students claim this phenomenon to have no effect on their productivity as learners and are confident in their pursuance of higher education.