Child Protection Policy Compliance in a Catholic Educational Institution
Keywords:
Child Protection, Health and Safety, Policies, Quality AssuranceAbstract
Child protection policy is a statement of commitment of schools to safeguard children from harm and foster their holistic development and welfare. Using a sequential explanatory mixed method design, the paper examines the extent of compliance of the Catholic educational institution in the Philippines with the Department of Education (Dep.Ed.) Order No.40 on Child Protection Policy. The participants of the study are school personnel and parents of the Basic Education Department who assesses the extent of the school’s compliance with the Child Protection Policy in the areas of the school environment and admission policy, school personnel, information and procedures, safety measures for children, prevention and intervention programs, and personnel training and development. The investigation further seeks to determine the insights of the participants into the child protection practices of the school. The data are gathered using a validated researcher-made questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. The findings show that the Catholic educational institution has complied with the provisions of the child protection policy yet the personnel training and development are partially complied. A significant difference was found in the extent of compliance of the Catholic educational institution with the child protection policy when the assessors are grouped according to their classification. It is recommended that child protection should be integrated into the quality management system of the school to establish quality assurance measure in dealing with child protection related matters.
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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). (2012). Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Retrieved on November 5, 2015 from https://www.ohcrg.org.
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Orelove, F. P., Hollahan, D. J., & Myles, K. T. (2000). Maltreatment of children with disabilities: Training needs for a collaborative response. Child Abuse & Neglect, 24(2), 185-194.
Robers, S. et al. (2012). Indicators of school crime and safety: 2011. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 2012-002/NCJ 236021, US Department of Education. Retrieved on August 19, 2015 from https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012002rev.pdf.
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Stevens, I., & Hassett, P. (2007). Applying complexity theory to risk in child protection practice. Childhood, 14(1), 128-144.
UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) (2012). Measuring and Monitoring Child Protection Systems: Proposed Core Indicators for the East Asia and Pacific Region, Strengthening Child Protection Series No. 3. Retrieved on October 25, 2015 from https://www.unicef.org/eapro/Measuring_and_monitoring.pdf.
UNICEF. (2009). Child-Friendly Schools Manual. Retrieved on November 10, 2015 from https://www.unicef.org/publications/files/Child_Friendly_Schools_Manual_EN_040809.pdf.
UNICEF. (2014 November 14). Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved on December 5, 2015 from https://www.unicef.org/crc/
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Zamora, K. L., & Madrigal, D. V. (2018). Child Protection Policy Compliance in a Catholic Educational Institution. ASEAN Journal of Education, 4(2), 22–34. Retrieved from https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/AJE/article/view/180463
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