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    The researchers seek to determine if a strand caste system exists among grade 11 students in UBHS. They will conduct qualitative interviews with grade 11 students from both academic and non-academic strands. The study aims to understand how strand hierarchy contributes to student performance and identify solutions to avoid discrimination. By exploring students' perceptions of their own and other strands, the researchers hope to raise awareness of the issue and promote equality across strands.

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    The researchers seek to determine if a strand caste system exists among grade 11 students in UBHS. They will conduct qualitative interviews with grade 11 students from both academic and non-academic strands. The study aims to understand how strand hierarchy contributes to student performance and identify solutions to avoid discrimination. By exploring students' perceptions of their own and other strands, the researchers hope to raise awareness of the issue and promote equality across strands.

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    MAKING A CASE IN THE EXISTENCE OF A STRAND CASTE SYSTEM AMONG

    GRADE 11 STUDENTS IN UBHS

    Cabang, Kimberly Mae C.


    Emiliano, Lea Nexei L.
    Ikan, Kylie Elizen B.
    Lopez, Aldrin Jomari M.

    INTRODUCTION

    According to R.A 10533, states that one of the thrusts of the K-12 program is the
    development of collaboration and communication among learners - two of the 7 C's of the program.
    A learner needs to collaborate with fellow learners, teachers, parents, and other people, in order to
    succeed. Thus, they need to have a feeling of belongingness and the feeling that they are an
    important part of the group (Hall, 2014). Therefore, they should be accepted, counted, and
    supported. Ever since the K-12 program was implemented in our country, students experienced a
    new kind of bullying which is called as “strand shaming” because of a students’ chosen strand
    (Ceranno, 2019). This caused comparison, competition, discrimination and stratification among
    students and strands and/or tracks that even a petition was created by an organization called Anti-
    Strand Shaming Creative Organization. This means that students experience or notice that there is
    a flame of smart shaming and strand discrimination in many schools nowadays, which mostly leads
    to misunderstanding and chaos between the students from different strands.

    The researchers of this study seeks to clarify the problem whether if strand hierarchy is
    connected to the discrimination between strands when it comes to the level of intelligence and
    importance in determining which of these strands is superior from others or not. Another problem
    that they want to resolve if the opportunities or courses that are in line with the strands that the
    students belong to which they are able to acquire during and after senior high affect the way they
    perceive which strand is superior from others.
    This research is a unique and timely study because ever since the Senior High School
    program was implemented, people especially the students have built up their ideas or insights
    through social media platforms, family, friends, and other people. These thoughts now are being
    read by other people and passed from one person to another that influences their own thoughts and
    opinions. In addition, Senior High School is relatively new to our country that there are issues and
    problems that are needed to be figured out and resolved such as strand hierarchy. It is needed to
    study and to address this existing issue to help make a less competitive learning environment for
    students of all stands.
    This research is being conducted because strand hierarchy is an issue that is evident in
    Senior High schools that continue to create gaps between the strands instead of building
    relationships and having diverse connections that could contribute to make each school a fun-
    learning environment for every student regardless of what strand they belong. This motivates the
    researchers to have this study to be done here at the University of Baguio to prove that strand
    hierarchy exists and must be addressed. With this research, it could be a way to open the door in
    creating more studies and researches about this issue to further understand how and why strand
    hierarchy was created and how it leads to other problems and its effects to students in UB Senior
    High School.

    OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY


    The researchers aim to know why strand hierarchy exists in the UB senior High school and
    how this contributes to the student’s performance, both positively and negatively, in their particular
    strand. They also aim to come up and present possible solutions based on the answers from the
    respondents that could be effective in stopping or avoiding strand hierarchy in happening or to
    continue in this university and these solutions would help in creating conclusions and
    recommendations for future studies in the said topic. This research intends to raise awareness about
    this issue because the researchers believe that this study would be a way to make others know,
    understand, and realize that every strand has its own unique specializations that are beneficial to
    our society which are being taught to the students who belong in each strand and are being trained
    to be a professional and a responsible citizen of this country.

    METHODOLOGY
    Design
    The researchers will use a qualitative approach since this research would primarily be
    composed of ideas, thoughts, and opinions from the respondents that they will select rather than
    statistical data. Specifically they will be using the exploratory design of qualitative research which
    focuses on the wider scope of knowledge about a certain topic and to also give way to a more
    comprehensive research. The exploratory designs perfectly aligns to the research for both of them
    seeks to deepen the understanding and explore the hierarchy system that exists unconsciously.
    Respondents
    The researchers will choose the grade 11 students of Senior High School in the University
    of Baguio as respondents of the said research. The researchers will choose the freshmen students
    of Senior High from both academic and non-academic tracks as their respondents because they
    want to know and further understand if these students observe the ranking of strands throughout
    their grade 11 year based on their prior knowledge before they enter Senior High School. The will
    be chosen for they distinguish each strands since they discern other strands or they are the ones
    who experience strand degradation.
    Locale
    The researchers will choose the University of Baguio to be the area of the study because it
    is within the reach of the researchers. This research will also serve as a contribution to the said
    university since this would make them aware of this issue and create a learning environment where
    there is equality with no competition among strands. The study will not only benefit the University
    of Baguio Senior High school, but also other senior high schools since these issues aren’t only
    limited in the said university.
    Tool
    The researchers will use the internet as a primary source of information. Besides the
    internet, they would also use a phone voice recorder for the interview as a tool to gather additional
    information from the students which will help in the making of their study. The researchers will
    also prepare an interview guide but if they feel like they should ask more questions to clear out
    and understand and broaden the respondents' answers, they are to do so. Lastly, the researchers
    would use a laptop for the encoding of the information gathered and for the finalizing of the
    research paper.

    REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE


    The senior high school K-12 program is composed of 31 subjects in total. 15 of these are
    part of the core subjects that the students will take regardless of the stand that they picked, 7 applied
    or contextualized subjects taken by the students excluding the strand that they picked but are
    slightly altered to suit every person’s specialization better. Lastly, 9 specialized subjects that are
    for only those who picked their particular strand.
    The strand that you will be taking in senior high depends on the results of you NCAE and
    pre-admission screening of the senior high school that you chose to enroll at. Example, anyone
    can choose to take ABM, HUMSS, GAS, and the other specialization under TVL/TLE in exception
    of the NCAE results. However, a final grade that is 85 percent in both Math and Science is needed
    to be qualified for the STEM strand as well as 86 percent and above in the STEM subtest of the
    NCAE. In sports track and arts and design, students have to attain a percentile rank of 51 and above
    in their following subjects as well as passed the entrance exam that will be given by the school
    they chose to enroll at.
    According to Merriam Webster's dictionary (n.d), hierarchy is a ruling body of clergy
    organized into orders or ranks each subordinate to the one above it. This definition is also
    supported by Vocabulary Dictionary which said that it is also known as a power structure for it
    simply implies an understanding of what is more important ( Vocabulary Dictionary, n.d)
    REFERENCES

     Hierarchy. (n.d.). Retrieved May 1, 2019, from https://www.merriam-


    webster.com/dictionary/hierarchy
     Hierarchy - Dictionary Definition. (n.d.). Retrieved May 1, 2019, from
    https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/hierarchy
     C. (n.d.). Senior High School in the Philippines: An Overview. Retrieved May 1, 2019,
    from http://www.courses.com.ph/senior-high-school-in-the-philippines-an-overview/
     Gil, P., & Gil, P. (2017). BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY. Retrieved May 1, 2019, from
    https://www.academia.edu/30510738/BACKGROUND_OF_THE_STUDY
     Hall, K., Ph.D. (2014, March 24). Create a Sense of Belonging. Retrieved August 13,
    2019,from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pieces-mind/201403/create-sense-
    belonging
     Cerrano, N. (2019, March). Sign the Petition. Retrieved August 17, 2019, from
    https://www.change.org/p/students-stop-and-prevent-strand-shaming
    THE EXISTENCE OF CASTE SYSTEM AMONG

    GRADE 11 STUDENTS IN UBHS


    INTERVIEW GUIDE

    1. What is your chosen strand


    2. How do you feel about your chosen strand?
    superior
    inferior
    I don’t mind
    Why? _____________________________________________
    3. How do you handle or react to the opinions or thoughts of people about your strand?
    4. Do you think that there is an equal distribution of activities that help enhance or
    attain certain set of skills that your strand specialises?

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