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Safety Protocols Practices in Public Secondary School of Cagayan de Oro City

Author(s) Ms. DAYANA ROSE O. SUMAYO, Dr. GINA F. LABITAD
Country Philippines
Abstract Safety protocol practices are essential components of effective school management, ensuring the protection and well-being of students, teachers, and staff. This study aimed to assess the level of safety protocol practices among teachers in public secondary schools. It examined the respondents’ profile in terms of age, sex, civil status, position, teaching experience, highest educational attainment and trainings and seminars attended. The study focused on six key areas: physical safety, health and hygiene, psychological and emotional safety, cyber security and online safety, legal and ethical protocols, and collaboration with authorities. Specifically, it aimed to describe the characteristics of the respondents, assess the respondents’ level of safety protocol practices and determine the significant relationship between these variables. The sample consisted of 200 public secondary teachers as respondents. The study utilized descriptive correlational method, and a researcher made questionnaire was used to gather data. A universal random sampling technique was employed, and descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation was applied, while pearson r was used for inferential analysis.

The overall findings revealed that Cybersecurity and Online Safety, Psychological and Emotional Safety, and Collaboration with Authorities got the highest mean score among the variables which interpreted as Very Much Aware while physical safety recorded the lowest though still within the high range. These results indicates that teachers are generally consistent in following safety protocols, particularly in digital safety, Psychological and emotional Safety and Collaboration with authorities while improvements can still be made in physical safety preparedness. There is significant relationship between the respondents’ profile and their level of safety protocol practices. There is a statistically significant correlations, emphasizing that these personal and professional characteristics influence how teachers implement safety measures. The research concludes that enhancing the safety protocol practices in the schools will lead to improve the performance of the teachers. It is recommended that schools should place greater focus on improving physical safety specially on the provision of basic equipment.
Keywords Teachers, Safety Protocols, Practices
Field Sociology > Education
Published In Volume 17, Issue 2, April-June 2026
Published On 2026-04-29

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