Abstract
This study aimed to determine the challenges in the management of student records and identified the characteristics of the Student Record Management System Program for 140 public secondary school teachers of Marilao South District in the Schools Division of Bulacan. It used a descriptive research design and utilized a validated researcher-made questionnaire to collect the quantitative data for this study. The findings of the study revealed that in terms of the demographic profile of the respondents, out of one hundred forty (140) teacher-respondents, 68 or 48.57% belongs to 30-39 years old, 57.14% are females, 39.28% completed undergraduate degree level of education. With regard to the length of service in 46.42% are in 6 - 15 years in service, and in terms of rank -out of fifty-two (52) or 37.14% are Teacher I. On the challenges encountered by the teachers, in entering data, it shows an average of 4.27, described as Highly Agree. On the other hand, in saving student’s information, shows that teachers perceived moderately that on the difficulties encountered by the teachers as it averages to 4.15 which is statistically described as Agree. When it comes to the characteristics of an ideal student information management system, it shows that teachers perceived moderately that as it averages to 2.83 which is statistically described as Agree. Likewise, in the usefulness and functionality, it shows that teachers perceived moderately as it averages to 4.62, Agree. There is no significant difference in the challenges encountered by the respondents when grouped according to their demographic profile. There is no significant difference in the assessment of the characteristics encountered by the respondents when grouped according to their demographic profile.
