Awareness and Compliance with Campus Journalism of the Public and Private Elementary Schools: Basis for Crafting a Campus Journalism Implementation Teachers’ Training Model

Abstract

Campus journalism has long been implemented in the Philippines via the Campus Journalism Act of 1991 or R.A. 7079.The act prescribed the implementation of campus journalism in both public and private schools.The researchers took interest in determining the level of awareness and compliance of these schools in the implementation of campus journalism.The study utilized the descriptivecorrelational design.There was a total of 208 respondents who were from the public and private elementary schools which regularly participate in press conferences.A researcher-made questionnaire based on the provisions of R.A. 7079 was utilized in the study.Based on the data gathered, it was found out that the level of awareness and compliance were directly related that is if the former is low, the latter will also be low and vice versa.The findings further revealed the problems encountered by the schools which pertain to the infrastructural, structural, and financial aspects of campus journalism.To address these problems, some private and public elementary schools have made some initiatives which were considered effective and productive.These initiatives were significant items considered in the crafting of a Campus Journalism Implementation Teachers' Training Model.

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