ISSN: 2782-893X
eISSN: 2799-0664
ISSN: 2782- 893X
This study focused on the Disaster Preparedness of DepEd Secondary Schools in the
3rd congressional district, division of Camarines Sur this school year 2018-2019. The respondents
were the seven districts in the 3rd congressional district, namely: Bombon, Camaligan, Canaman,
Calabanga, Magarao, Pili, and Ocampo, categorized as small, medium, and big schools. Each
school was provided a survey questionnaire to suffice the problems of the study. The school head,
science teachers, and DRR coordinator were the ones to answer the questionnaire. The researcher
used the descriptive-evaluative and development methods. Data was collected with survey
questionnaires, personal interviews, and secondary data gathering.
Findings revealed that the small schools, along with their extent of awareness on disaster risk
reduction policies, were interpreted as highly aware. The medium schools are highly aware in
developing and recommending policy standards and actions to DepEd management on DRRM and
CCA, as well as developing and recommending policy actions to enhance DepEd resilience to
disasters at the community level, but they rated them lowest in developing and recommending
policy actions to enhance DepEd resilience to disasters at the community level, which they
interpreted only as aware. The medium schools along the extent of awareness of school in DRR
policies were verbally interpreted as aware. The big schools were the highest in developing and
recommending policy standards and actions to DepEd management on DRRM and CCA, which
were interpreted as highly aware, but they rated the DRR school policy lowest in developing and
recommending policy actions to enhance the DepEd resilience to disasters at the community level,
which were interpreted only as moderately aware. Thus, the average weighted mean of the school
heads’ perception on the extent of awareness of the school on DRR policies was verbally
interpreted as aware.