Barriers Affecting the Academic Performance of Grade 12 Learners in Pagbasa at Pagsulat

Rowena Infante

Abstract: Pagbasa at Pagsulat is one the offered courses in the Senior High School under the K to 12 Program of the Department of Education. This is one of the subjects that is deemed to be neglected and even do not prioritize by the learners due to different barrier factors. This descriptive research study generally aimed to determine the factors associated to the poor academic performance of learners specifically in the context of Lingsat Integrated School (LIS) Senior High School Program. Considering the 123 Grade 12 Senior High School learners of LIS for this first semester of academic year 2024-2025 as the respondents of the study to the prepared survey questionnaires, the findings were: (a) the profile of the learners shows that there are more female learners than its male counterparts. Learners? attitude is negative but they acknowledge that learning the language or the course itself is necessary to improve one?s life; (b) the level of academic performance of learner-respondents is generally average; (c) the level of agreement of learner respondents in internal factors are generally low. As to the level of agreement of the learner-respondents as to external factors, are generally average level barrier; and (d) the factors that greatly hinder the learner performance is on peer influence, school facilities, home environment, and home support. It is recommended that the school administrators and the teachers should come up with a strategy to develop and prepare instructional designs in the onset of the classes so they can better design an instructional intervention and even differentiated instruction to learners who are really at risks. Also, the school should secure that classroom size is properly considered in the classroom and this should be adequate for the size of the classroom. Moreover, the teachers should maintain good learning environment among learners by securing conducive environment for them by devising a language pre-game to those who have common interest so learners can be paired on the learners who have similar preferences.

Keywords: barriers of learning, level of agreement, Pagbasa at Pagsulat