ISSN: 2782-893X
eISSN: 2799-0664
ISSN: 2782- 893X
The Tribung Agta Tabangnon of Albay is among the 14 million indigenous peoples of the Philippines. The Tribung Agta Tabangon. “Agta” is an ethnic group that originally dominated the entire region are as of late been sporadically located in the provinces of Albay, Sorsogon, Camarines Sur, Masbate, and Catanduanes.. This research aimed to understand and appreciate the culture embedded in learners’ journey to finish their studies. Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions: 1.) How does the Tribung Agta Tabangnons understand the value of education? 2.) How does the Tribung Agta Tabangnon face the challenges as learners? 3.) How do they cope with the challenges and opportunities as indigenous people? 4.) How does the community assist in the learning of the indigenous children? This study used the qualitative approach in the form of phenomenology and was employed in a personalist vis-à-vis constructivist perspective and to determine the learning process as demonstrated by the Tribung Agta Tabangnon as a culture-sharing group. The interactions were made possible through immersion in the day-today activities of the Tabangnon. One of the limitations of this study was the few documents and studies about the Tribung Agta Tabangnon and the challenges brought by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Thus, the integration phenomenology was used to generalize a more vivid description of viii the study. The ten (10) Tribung Tabangnon co-participants were interviewed. The results revealed how they value education to improve their lives not just as individuals but as a tribe. This study will serve as a reference for future researchers who would study the same phenomenon that deals with different perspectives. The researcher recommends that strategies in teaching must promote student diversity, interest, and abilities to critically solve problems and increase engagement in learning such as the blended learning approach to deliver instruction to students. Furthermore, School and Community Linkage Alternative Programs can be proposed.