Evaluation of the Philippine National Foreign Language Program in Public Secondary Schools

Abstract

The study evaluated the implementation of the Philippine National Foreign Language Program (Special Program in Foreign Language [SPFL]). A descriptive research design was employed to identify the following: (1) the profile of SPFL students and graduates and (2) the graduates' current status; (3) the teachers' and school heads' assessment of the program and (4) the difference between the two; and (5) the challenges encountered in the implementation of SPFL. The current study found varied reasons for unemployment among graduates, but there was a consensus among student-and graduate-participants that the program is satisfactory in terms of its objectives and curriculum. Teachers reported to have encountered serious problems in SPFL implementation while the principals described the problems as only moderately serious. A model for implementing the SPFL curriculum was then developed based on the results of the study. This includes four main agents of implementation: administrators, teachers, learners and support groups, each with respective tasks to practice.