Emergence of Gender-Based Violence among Learners in a Public Secondary School towards the Development of School Based Gender Awareness Program

The study aimed to assessed the encountered gender-based violence of students in public school of Bambang National High School on the physical, psychological, sexual, and socioeconomic violence and its place of occurrence at home, school and community. The theoretical and conceptual framework of the study formed the basis of the prepared survey questionnaire. This study used a quantitative research design in approaching the objectives of the study. Survey questionnaire was utilized as data gathering tool. The study also determined the correlation between gender-based violence and place of occurrence. Assessments were differentiated in terms of respondents' profile such as, age, sex, and grade level. Results showed that the respondents are between 16 to 20 years old. Age and grade level differentiated the respondents' assessment of gender-based violence and place of occurrence, but not sex. Overall, the respondents assessed the gender-based violence they encountered as very low. The respondents' age and grade level constitute significant variations in their assessment of its place of occurrence. The assessment of gender-based violence encountered by the respondents significantly correlates with place of occurrence. Analysis of the results showed that psychological violence was the most encountered type of violence, followed by physical violence which both mostly occurred in school. The researcher developed a school-based awareness program on psychological gender-based violence, to heighten their knowledge and understanding on this type of violence and increase their practices that can lead to the total elimination of psychological gender-based violence incidents in the school, even at home and in the community.