CHILD FRIENDLY SCHOOL

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CFSS Child-Friendly School System

What is CFSS?: 

What is CFSS? Child-Friendly School System This is a program of Philippine Government through the Dept. of Education and UNICEF under the Fifth Country Program for Children (CPC V). This program aims to build models of child-friendly schools for expansion during the Country Program period 1999-2003.

Objectives: 

Objectives A Child-Friendly School aims to: Create the best learning environment for children by improving the school, family and community conditions of the children.

Objectives: 

Objectives It strives to ensure that children stayed enrolled, find out why children drop out, falter or fail, seek out excluded children and get them back to classroom setting.

When can a school be called a “child-friendly” school?: 

When can a school be called a “child-friendly” school? A child-friendly school is not just a place formal learning. It is an institution that: Recognizes and respects the range of rights of children, and not just their right to be educated. These rights also includes: the rights to be healthy; to be give opportunities to play and leisure; to express their views freely, etc…

When can a school be called a “child-friendly” school?: 

When can a school be called a “child-friendly” school? It takes the lead in shaping a learning environment that enables children to learn. It is a kind of environment that allows them to grow healthy, equips with knowledge and skills that they can use throughout life.

What exactly is a “Child-friendly School?: 

What exactly is a “Child-friendly School? A child-friendly school has the following five traits: 1 . A child friendly school is inclusive, gender-sensitive and non-discriminating. - does not turn away any child from enrolling - treats all children equally, regardless of gender, SES, cultural origin, religious beliefs

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2 . A child-friendly school is effective with the children. - child-centered - promotes quality learning - encourages children to participate in school an community activities. 3. A child-friendly school is healthy for children. - guarantees that school buildings, grounds and facilities are clean, healthy and safe for children - hosts regular health services for children

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4 . A child-friendly school is caring and protective of all children. - safeguards and provides security for children - helps defend and protect children from harm and abuse - does not tolerate physical punishment on children 5 . A child-friendly school involves the children’s families and the community. -works closely with children’s families -engages the supports and interaction of community institutions and other individuals

7 Goals of CFSS: 

7 Goals of CFSS Goal #1- Encourage Children’s Participation in School Goal #2: Enhance Children’s Health and Well-Being Goal #3: Guarantees Safe, Protective Spaces for Children

7 Goals of CFSS: 

7 Goals of CFSS Goal#4: Encourage Enrolment and Completion Goal #5: Ensure Children’s High Academic Achievement and Success

7 Goals of CFSS: 

7 Goals of CFSS Goal#6: Raise Teachers’ Morale and Motivation Goal #7: Mobilize Community Support for Education

Components of Child-Friendly School System 1. Student Tracking System 2. Gender Sensitivity 3. Effective Teaching Learning 4. Health Promoting Schools 5. Protective and Inclusive Child-Friendly School : 

Components of Child-Friendly School System 1. Student Tracking System 2. Gender Sensitivity 3. Effective Teaching Learning 4. Health Promoting Schools 5. Protective and Inclusive Child-Friendly School

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STS Student Tracking System

Student Tracking Systems (STS): 

Student Tracking Systems (STS) STS – is the process that rests on assessing children’s learning performance overtime, analyzing the causes of learning faltering, absenteeism and drop-out, and then taking suitable child-centered, school, family and community-based actions to improve child learning and eliminated the causes of avoidable absenteeism and drop-out.

Student Tracking Systems (STS) What are They? : 

Student Tracking Systems (STS) What are They? Are created when school systematically organize data about: children’s performance (such as grades and attendance and their physical condition (e.g. health, nutrition status), and most importantly the social environment in which the children live.

Student Tracking Systems (STS) What are They?: 

Student Tracking Systems (STS) What are They? A children’s learning profile which spans a child’s entire school career. Are only effective, when they help teachers, families and children to work together to make informed decisions about how they can coordinate their actions to make the learning environment more child-friendly, thus improving child learning especially for children with learning problems .

STS: Why are They Important?: 

STS: Why are They Important? STS help teachers, families and community members to see what factors are affecting their children’s learning, not simply their education. STS guide teachers, families and community members to identify and undertake effective school – family- and community-based interventions to alleviate, and ideally eliminate the causes of poor child learning and create a more child-friendly learning environment.

STS: Why are They Important?: 

STS: Why are They Important? STS can serve as an important monitoring and evaluation tool for each component of a child-friendly school. STS aids school administrators, teachers and education policy-makers and planners to evaluate the impact of innovative reaching/learning methods, including the introduction and use of technologies.

Objectives of STS: 

Objectives of STS To identify pupils-at-risk as well as pupils with learning faltering (failed grades, absenteeism, dropping out) To identify potential causes of learning faltering at family, school and community levels. Common Causes of Learning Faltering: A. Pupil Factor (low mental ability, sex, poor health.

Objectives of STS: 

Objectives of STS B. Family (socio-economic status, poor motivation, family relations) C. School ( teacher-factor, curriculum, rules and regulations) D. Community (poor environment, video games, fraternity/sorority)

Objectives of STS: 

Objectives of STS To systematically organize data about the pupils. A. Academic profile – such as grades and attendance B. Physical Condition – such as health and nutrition status. C. Social environment – such as family background . To give effective interventions in order to eliminate students’ learning faltering. .

Tools in Gathering Children’s Profile: 

Tools in Gathering Children’s Profile Pupils’ Family Background Questionnaire Health and Nutritional Profile Educational Profile Absenteeism and Drop-out Profile

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DepEd (2003) reported that: CFSS strategies helped improved student participation, survival and achievement in school.

Quotation from DepEd and UNICEF: : 

Quotation from DepEd and UNICEF: “The road to universal quality education is long and uphill. But the CFSS experience shows that the goal can be reached if many actors, especially those closest to schools, are involved and engaged. With the program like CFSS we are all confident that all Filipino children can truly enjoy child-friendly schooling”.

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