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FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING
INTEGRATED SCHOOL IN LINGAYEN CAMPUS

Celeste T. Mercado
[email protected]
Faculty, College of Education, PSU Lingayen Campus

ABSTRACT

The study looked into the feasibility of putting up an Integrated School in Pangasinan State
University, Lingayen Campus for the school year 2017-2018. The study is used as basis in terms
of administrative decisions whether to establish the school or not. The study made use of
documentary analysis and survey of respondents from potential students who are willing to
enroll in the school. It is recommended that based on the available resources and data generated
in this research, an establishment of Integrated School in PSU Lingayen Campus is feasible.

Keywords: Integrated School, K-12

INTRODUCTION

The Administration of the sixth University An Integrated School offers

President, Dr. Dexter R. Buted saw many complete basic education in one school site
changes in organizational structure of the from Grade 1 to Grade 10 as well as Grade
University and of the various campuses. 11 with the implementation of the Senior
Lingayen Campus was divided into four: High School in the School Year 2017-2018
College of Arts Sciences and Letters; and Grade 12 in the School Year 2018-2019.
College of Computing Sciences; College of It has a unified instructional program or
Hospitality Management and Public and integrated curriculum from elementary to
Business Administration; and College of high school. Moreover, it has one principal
Teacher Education and Technology. or school head, one set of administrative
The Board of Regents, the highest staff and one set of faculty organization and
governing body of the University, approved parent, Teachers and Community
the establishment of Integrated School of the Association (PTCA). Resources are also
Lingayen Campus last September8, 2015 shared by the two levels of education.
during its regular meeting. The Integrated
School is proposed to be located at West STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Campus of the Lingayen Campus which
houses the Technology Department of the The study determined the feasibility
College of Teacher Education and of establishing Integrated School in
Technology. Lingayen along different parameters:

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Specifically, it sought to answer the qualification, enrolment, curriculum,

following: facilities and budget.

1. What are the qualifications of PSU A. Structure

Lingayen Campus in terms of
offering an Integrated School in Pangasinan State University
terms of the following: Lingayen Campus Integrated School
will be managed by one (1) qualified
A. structure: principal whose basic orientation is
B. staff qualification; on the elementary and secondary
C. enrolment: levels. The school has one (1) set of
D. facilities; administrative staff and Parent,
E. curriculum: and Teachers and community
F. budget? Association (PTCA) composed of
representative from both levels.
2. What budgetary profile is expected Instructional supervision is done by
and how this can support the subject area cuts across the 13-year
operation of the school? instructional program.
It shall also become the
MATERIALS AND METHODS laboratory school of the College of
Teachers Education and Technology
The study made use of descriptive of the Lingayen Campus. Fourth
research and utilized documentary analysis, Year students of the bachelor of
interview method and survey to respondents Secondary Education majors in
particularly potential feeder schools, English, Filipino, Physical Science,
students and parents. Data presented in this Social Studies and Technology and
research were sourced out from the PSU Livelihood education and BTTE
Lingayen units such as Planning Office, shall have their practice teaching in
Admission Office, Public Relations, the Integrated School.
Publication and Information Office and Supervision of the Integrated
Accounting Units. Through the help of the School will be the function of the
Admission Office, a survey was conducted Campus Executive Director and the
to gather data on the potential enrolment to Dean of the College of Teacher
the Integrated School. Education and Technology.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION B. Staff qualification

Qualifications of PSU Lingayen Campus The available and qualified

Integrated School teachers of the Integrated School are the
following:
The following are the qualifications
of PSU Lingayen in terms of offering 1. Elementary level (Grade 1-6)
Integrated School along structure, staff Teachers with degree in Bachelor in
Elementary Education and are

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Licensure Examination for Teachers breakdown of which is 37 in the kinder

passers. Among the faculty members level, 49 in grade I, 41 in grade 7 and 33
of the College of Teacher Education for grade 11.
and Technology, only Dr. Liza L.
Quimson is qualified. D. Curriculum

2. Secondary level (Grade 7-12) The PSU Lingayen Campus

Teachers with degree in Bachelor in Integrated School shall follow the K+12
Pre-Elementary Education and curriculum of the Department of
licensure Examination for Teachers Education. For the School year 2017-
passers. Among the faculty members 2018, the Integrated School will offer
of the College of Teacher Education Kindergarten 1 and 2, Grade 1 for the
and Technology, there are 35 Elementary level, Grade 7 for the Junior
qualified faculty members. High School level and Grade 11 for the
Senior High School level. The other
C. Enrolment grade levels shall be offered in the
succeeding school years.
The PSU Lingayen Campus The Elementary level shall have
Integrated School shall cater pupils seven (7) years starting from
and students from Lingayen and its Kindergarten to Grade 6. The
adjacent towns of Binmaley, Kindergarten Curriculum Framework
Labrador, Bugallon, Aguilar and (KCF) will be utilized in the
even Dagupan City . The children of Kindergarten level and adopts the
faculty member and staff of PSU general principles of the National Early
Lingayen and Binmaley Campuses Learning Framework. Grades 1-10 will
can also be accommodated in the be integrated with an enhanced, context-
Integrated School. based and spiral progression learning
curriculum with the following subjects:
Table 1 Mother Tongue, Filipino, English
Projected Number of Enrollees Mathematics, Science, Araling
S.Y. 2016-2017 Panlipunan, Edukasyon sa pagpapakatao
(EsP), Music, Art, Physical Education,
Health, Edukasyong Pantahanan at
Level/Grade Kinder Grade Grade Grade Total
Pangkabuhayan (EPP) and Technology
I 7 11 and Livelihood Education (TLE)
Moreover, the curriculum for the
Number of 37 49 41 33 160 Elementary and Secondary education are
categorized anchored on a unified
enrollees instructional program designed for an
Integrated School.

Based on Table 1, there is a total

of 160 students who are willing to enroll
in PSU Lingayen Integrated School. The

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E. Instructional materials
The AVR shall serve as
The PSU Lingayen Integrated venue to film viewing activities as
School will make use of instructional well for other significant events in
materials used and adopted in the regular the school like meeting, conference,
national schools. Other resource etc.
materials maybe used as references for
enrichment. Faculty members of the D. Computer Room
College of Teachers Education and
Technology will also develop The Computer Room shall be
instructional materials. provided to house computer units to
In addition, the utilization of be used for Computer classes for
technology in the classroom activities their computer-aided instruction
shall be given due priority and (CAI) sessions. It shall be managed
encouragement. by a teacher with a major in
computer education.

F. Facilities E. Administration Building

The establishment of the building One (1) administration

shall and purchase of needed materials building shall be utilized for the
be incorporated in the annual operational office of the principal, the clerk to
plan of the campus. Resources are perform their administrative
shared to all grade/year levels. These function, the cashier and the
include the room, instructional Material, disbursing officer. It will also house
equipment, teacher’s expertise, etc. the offices of the registrar and the
supply officer.
A. Classroom Building
F. Workshop Building
PSU Lingayen Campus
Integrated School hall shall utilize13 Room to perform carpentry,
classroom building, from Nursery- agriculture, fishery, electronics,
Grade 12. masonry and other mechanical skills
to promote Technology and
B. Library/Computer Room Livelihood Education.

Two room building will be G. Home Economics

used as Library. The use of the
Library shall be scheduled as it is An Avenue where home-
reflected in the class program. A making usually takes place.
licensed librarian shall manage the Preparing students and pupils in
Library. cooking, food preservation,
crocheting and other household
C. Audio-Visual Room (AVR)

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chores that will elevate their skills

into higher dimension.
N. Canteen
H. Comfort Rooms
A food center shall be
Two (2) set of comfort rooms provided to serve nutritious food to
are available. One is situated in the the entire school community
first floor and other, on the second
floor. There shall be a provision of O. Faculty Study Room (FSR)
constructing comfort room in very
classroom. The Faculty Room shall be
provided to house all teaching
I. Science Laboratory Rooms personnel of the school.

Science classes conducting P. School Site

experiments and laboratory activities
shall be conducted in this room. Pangasinan State University
has a school site of more or less
J. Science Equipment/Supplies Room 10,000 sq meter. It is located at
Alvear St., Poblacion Lingayen
This room shall serve as Pangasinan.
storage room for science equipment,
chemicals, apparatuses and supplies
needed for laboratory activities. BUDGET

K. Play Area The budget for the purchase

The Play Area shall serve as of equipment and other materials like
playground of Pre-Schoolers for the aircon, chairs, blackboard, etc. will
development of their kinesthetic and be sourced out from the GAA of the
tactile abilities University. As a matter of procedure,
the payment of salaries and other
L. Multi-Purpose Hall compensation benefits of teaching
and non-teaching personnel with
The multipurpose hall shall plantilla item, including the funding
be a venue for outdoor PE activities requirements for the maintenance
like ballgames and dancing. It shall and other operating expenses of the
also be utilized for different soon-to-be-established PSU-LC
activities of the school like Integrated School shall be provided
Intramural and other Programs. out of the budget allocation for the
Pangasinan State University until
M. Guidance Office and Clinic such time that the budgetary
A Guidance Office shall cater requirement is fully incorporated in
to address the general wellbeing of the General Appropriations Act
the students. (GAA).However, employees with

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contractual and part-time status will PhP 1,540,000. Below is the projected
have their salaries drawn from the income for S. Y. 2017-2018.
income and saving of the school
since it operates under self-
liquidating mechanism. Table 3
Projected Income/Collection
Below is the budgetary requirement for S. Y. 2017-2018
for the proposed PSU LINGAYEN
CAMPUS INTEGRATED SCHOOL Level No. of Fees Total
Enrollees
Table 2
Kinder and 80 10,000 800,000
Projected Operating Expenses of the
Grade I
Proposed Integrated School
Grade 7 80 15,000 1,200,000
Category Monthly Annually and 11
A. Personnel 193,450.00 2,321,400.00 TOTAL 2,000,000
Services
B. Utility Expenses 22,000.00 264,000.00

C. Maintenance 57,000.00 684,000.00 The table above shows what with 160
Expenses enrollees, it can generate an income of
D. Faculty 16,667.00 200,000.00 Php2,000,000 which is able to support the
Development salary of the contractual employees as well
E. Personnel N/A 13,000.00 as other expenses reflected in Table 2.
Incentives
(Bonus, PIB,
Clothing, etc)
Grand Total 28,117.00 3,599,400.00 Table 4
Projected Income/Collection
for S. Y. 2018-2019
The table shows the breakdown of expenses
in terms of personnel services, utility Level No. of Fees Total
expenses, maintenance expenses, faculty Enrollees
development and personnel incentives has
the annual rate of 3,599,400.00 with Elementary 120 10,00 1,200,000
personnel services ( contractual and part High School 160 15,000 2,400,000.00
time status) taking the most of the expenses.
However based on the faculty listing, most TOTAL 3,600,000.00
faculty members have permanent status,
some are (7) contractual and there is no part
time status. To support the expenses on With the projected enrollees of 280 students
contractual faculty salary with PhP22,000.00 due to opening of classes for more year
for 10 month that is PhP 220,000.00 with levels during the second year of operation, a
seven contractual faculty that would give total collection of 3,600,000.00 is expected
to cover all the items in Table 2. But since

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there will be an expected of increase of 4% total collection of 5,600,000.00 is expected

in the operational expenses, the collection is to cover all the items in Table 2 with savings
still not fully able to support all expenses or income of 2 million pesos on the third
year of operations.

Table 5 Table 7
Projected Income/Collection for S. Y. Projected Income/Collection
2019-2020 for S. Y. 2021-2022

Level No. of Fees Total Level No. of Fees Total

Enrollees Enrollees

Elementary 160 10,00 1,600,000.00 Elementary 240 10,00 2,400,000.00

High School 200 15,000 3,000,000.00 High School 240 15,000 3,600,000.00

TOTAL 4,600,000.00 TOTAL 6,000,000.00

With the projected enrollees of 360 students With the projected enrollees of 440 students
due to opening of classes for more year due to opening of classes for more year
levels during the second year of operation, a levels during the second year of operation, a
total collection of 4,600,000.00 is expected total collection of 6,600,000.00 is expected
to cover all the items in Table 2 with savings to cover all the items in Table 2 with savings
or income of 1 million on the third year of or income of 2.5 million pesos on the fourth
operations. On the third year, it can said that year of operations.
the school is already fully self –sustaining
with savings or income earned. Table 8
Projected Operating Expenses for the
Table 6 Next Five (5) Years
Projected Income/Collection
for S. Y. 2020-2021 Year 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Level No. of Fees Total Expe 3,599 3,743 3,893,1 4,165,6 4,457,2
Enrollees nses ,400 ,376 11.04 28.81 22.83
(in
Elementary 200 10,00 2,000,000.00 pesos
)
High School 240 15,000 3,600,000.00
(Note: Increase of 4% for 2017 and 2018 and 6% of
TOTAL 5,600,000.00 2019 and 2020)

Though there is an increment of increases of

With the projected enrollees of 440 students operating expenses per year, it can be seen
due to opening of classes for more year the tables of projected income that by the
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sustaining, meaning it can support all of its Table 10 gives a glimpse that during the first
operational expenses. two years of operation of the schoo [5] l,
there is negative or no income earned
Table 9 (saved), in fact even deficit. But for the
Project Tuition Fee Collection for the succeeding years due to increase of
Next Five (5) Years enrolment, it can be seen that there is
already income generated and all operational
Year 2017- 2018- 2019- 2021- 2020- expenses have already been covered.
2018 2019 2020 2022 2021
Table 11
Collec 2,000, 3,600, 4,600, 5,600, 6,000,
Summary of Collection, Expenses and
tion 000 000 000 000 000
Income for the Next Five (5) Years
(in
pesos)
Year Collection Expenses Income

(Note: Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 7 and 2017- 2,000,000 3,599,400 -1,599,400
Grade 11 will be offered for the School Year 2017- 2018
2018; Kindergarten, Grade 1 and 2 Grade 7,8,11 and
12 will be offered for the School Year 2018-2019; 2018- 3,600,000 3,743,376 -143,376
Kindergarten, Grade 1, 2, 3, and Grade 7, 8, 9, 11 2019
and 12 will be offered for the School Year 2019-
2020; and Kindergarten, Grade 1, 2, 3, and 4 and 2019- 4,600,000 3,893,111.04 706,888.96
Grade 7, 8, 9, 10 11 and 12 will be offered for the 2020
School Year 2020-2021; and Kindergarten, Grade 1-
5 and 7-12 will be offered for the School Year 2021- 2020- 5,600,000 4,165,628.81 1,434,371.19
2022 ) 2021

Based on the above table, the following is 2021- 6,000,000 4,457,222.83 1,542,777.17
the projected income for the next five years 2022
of the operation:
Total PhP 19,858,738.70 PhP
Table 10 21,800,00 1,941,261.30
Projected income for the Next Five (5)
Years
The above table shows that net income to be
Year 2017- 201 2019- 2020- 2021-
generated by the school for the next five
2018 8- 2020 2021 2022 years is at PhP 1,941,261.30 given the steady
201 increase in the enrolment and number of
9 classes to be opened per year.

Proje - - 706,88 1,434,3 1,542,7 CONCLUSION

cted 1,599 8.96 71.19 77.17
inco ,400 143, 1. The establishment of Pangasinan
me 376
State University Lingayen Campus
Integrated School is feasible based
on the scanning of various areas

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crucial to the operation of the school. operational years of the school to

PSU-LC is qualified to offer an ensure enrolment of students.
integrated school.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2. With steady increase of enrolment,
the PSU-LC Integrated School shall DepEd Order Number 40, S. 2014:
be self sustaining by its third year of Establishment, Merging, Conversion,
operation. Its institutional fees and Naming/Renaming of Public
collection shall be enough to fully Schools, and Separation Of Public
cover operational expenses with School Annexes In Basic Education
income by the third year of
establishment. DepEd Order Number 91, s. 1999 –
Guidelines on the Establishment
RECOMMENDATIONS and Operation of Integrated Schools

1. If possible assign faculty members University and Campus reports:

with permanent status during the first Planning Office
and second year of its operation as Admission Office
there are only a few classes to be Campus Executive Director Office
opened. Campus Accounting Office

2. Conduct an intensive information

campaign before and during the

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