Exodus at St. Cecilia Academy: A case study

• Main Author: Untalan, Julia M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1978
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/4208
• Institution: De La Salle University

The 1976 population explosion causes chaos in school. Schedule of classes, assigning of teachers, and classroom schedules conflicted. Discipline was impossible and supervision was nil. The whole school was in a topsy-turvy situation. The school managed to exist at the start of the school year 1976-1977. However, things proved to be different and problems became out-of-control. Classrooms were cramped halls were inadequate to house students during assemblies and no safe place for rainy day activities. There is a great demand for expansion of physical plant of St. Cecilia Academy, but this entails a great deal of expenses. The case illustrates how the administration and the other personnel concerned and the institution as a whole can be pressured very much by two interacting forces, the demands of the communities being served by the institution and its incapacity to respond satisfactorily. The latter part of the paper shows several alternative actions recommended by the writer in solution to this case.