Abstract
The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of implementation of child-friendly school system and its influence to pupils’ academic performance. The study employed descriptive-correlational research design, since the implementation of a child-friendly school was correlated to the academic performance of the respondents. The researcher used a standardized survey questionnaire adopted from DepEd manual on child-friendly school systems. The respondents of the study were the Grade VI pupils and Grade VI parents and Teachers of Sultan Palao Ali Memorial Elementary School, Inagongan,Tagoloan, Lanao del Norte for school year 2022-2023. Results revealed that the school highly implemented the child-friendly school system and 53.3% of the respondents got satisfactory performance level equivalent to 80-84, while 26.7% of the respondents got a fair performance level equivalent to 75-79, and about 20% got good performance level which is 85-89 equivalent grades. Results showed that there was no significant relationship between the perspective of child-friendly school system and the academic performance of the respondents since the observed p-values of 0.950 did exceed at the 0.05 level of significance. Hence, to sustain the implementation of a child-friendly school, the CFSS brochure as an output of the study be disseminated to the stakeholders.
