CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the study

The Philippine flag is the National emblem of the Filipinos. It

symbolizes the Philippine freedom,history and sovereignty. According to
the curator of the Aguinaldo shrine, its important to revisit the history of
the flag and be reminded of how heroes fought for our independence. It
should be given importance for it reflects the love for country, and it is
one of the ways to value the sacrifices of the people who died protecting
and defending our motherland.

According to Republic Act No. 8491, otherwise known as the “An

Act prescribing the code of the national flag, anthem, motto, coat of arms
and other heraldic items and devices of the Philippines, All government
offices and educational institution shall henceforth observed the flag
racing ceremony every Monday morning and the flag lowering ceremony
every Friday afternnon. The ceremony shall be simple and dignified and
shall include the playing or singing of the Philippine national anthem.

This problem had accumulated from tolerable to habitual state and

it has a significant impact to the student’s performance at school. Most of
the class had been influenced by their companions and this would be
embedded in their minds pattern until college and ultimately to their
vacation and adventures in life. Other students had just the difficulty in
optimizing their time as their subject related activities grows in bulk.

To figure it out, the researcher’s intentions is to isolate the primary

reason of tardiness of some students who are not active in attending the
flag ceremony at school and proactive intervention will be executed so
as to curtail if it will not completely do away with the problem.
 As the school invest discipline to have a world class graduates
globally competitive and well rounded individuals, the researcher’s had
in mind to discover the reasons behind this punctuality virtue which is
losing in ground.

B. Statement of the problem

This study aims to determine the problems meet by the students upon
attending flag ceremony of Eusebio Lopez Memorial Integrated School.

Specifically, it sought to answer the following:

1. What are the factors of not attending the flag ceremony?

2. What are the effects of not attending the flag ceremony?

C. Significance of the study

This research paper can give an accurate information to the office of

school head and teachers of Eusebio Lopez Memorial Integrated School
that is very significant to their records. This study will help the school to
solve the problems of students not attending flag ceremony.

To bring the awareness and the importance of attending the flag

ceremony to attain a better quality of education. The findings of this
research could help the school and administrators asses the problems
meet by the students upon attending flag ceremony.The knowledge and
understanding gained by this study can be useful not only to students of
ELMIS but also to our society.

Hence,this study tried to offer solution remedies to counter and address

the existing problem at school.

This study investigates Junior high school student’s perceptions,

attitudes, and their participation by such ceremony.
D. Conceptual & Operational Defintion of Terms

Flag-  is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a

distinctivedesign that is used as a symbol, as a signaling device, or as
decoration. The term
 flag  is also used to refer to the graphic design employed, and flags have
since evolved into ageneral tool for rudimentary signaling and identification,
especially in environments where communication is similarly challenging (such
as the maritime environment where semaphore is used). National flags are
patriotic symbols with varied wide-ranging interpretations, often including
strong military associations due to their original andongoing military uses.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag) 
 

National Anthem - a national anthem (also state anthem, national hymn,

national song,etc.) is generally a patriotic musical composition that evokes
and eulogizes the history,traditions, and struggles of its people, recognized
either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention
through use by the people. The majority of national anthems are marches
or hymns in style.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem) 

E. Scope and limitation

This study is limited to determine the problems meet by the students of

Eusebio Lopez Memorial Integrated School upon attending the flaf ceremony
for the school year 2017-2018.

The findings of this study is limited since the respondents were only 50
students of the said school and reliance of a self made questionnaire.
 CHAPTER 2- REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

In order to erase confusion and for uniformity in the conduct of

Flag Ceremony and other programs which need to sing the Philippine
National Anthem, the Department of Education (DepEd) issued DepEd
Order 50, s. 2015, otherwise known as "Observance/Conduct of Flag
Raising and Lowering Ceremonies and Proper Sequence in Official
DepEd Programs Involving the Singing of the Philippine National
Anthem." The issuance is pursuant to Section 18 of Republic Act (RA)
No. 8491, otherwise known as the Flag and Heraldic Code of the
Philippines, all government offices and educational institutions are
required to participate in the Observance/Conduct of Flag Raising
Ceremonies every Monday morning and Flag Lowering Ceremonies
every Friday afternoon. The directive emphasizes that the National
Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) Protocol on the
Observance of Commemorative Events provides that the singing of the
Philippine National Anthem should come before the invocation in official
government functions except if the gathering is religious in nature or is
observed by private schools or "faith-based" institutions. Anent to this,
DepEd issues the following guidelines: All officials and employees from
the central, regional, schools division offices and public schools
nationwide, including all public school learners who have morning
classes, are required to join the conduct of Flag Raising Ceremonies
with the following sequence; Singing of Lupang Hinirang; Interfaith
Prayers; Recitation of Panunumpa ng Katapatan sa Watawat ng
Pilipinas; and Recitation of Panunumpa ng Lingkod Bayan by all
Department officials and employees only. As for the raising of the
Philippine flag, it shall strictly follow Section 21 of RA 8491 which states:
During the flag raising ceremony, the assembly shall stand in formation
facing the flag. At the moment the first note of the anthem is heard,
everyone in the premises shall come to attention; moving vehicles shall
stop. All persons present shall place their right palms over their chests,
those with hats shall uncover, while those in military, scouting, security
guard, and citizens military training uniforms shall give salute prescribed
by their regulations, which salute shall be completed upon the last note
of the anthem. The assembly shall sing the Philippine National Anthem,
accompanied by a band, if available, and at the first note, the flag shall
be raised briskly. On the other hand, flag lowering everyday shall follow
Section 22 of the same law which provides: During the flag lowering, the
flag shall be lowered solemnly and slowly so that the flag shall be down
the mast at the sound of the last note of the anthem. Those in the
assembly shall observe the same deportment or shall observe the same
behavior as for the flag-raising ceremony. Now that this is already made
clear, this Corner hopes that you will be part of those who will
disseminate the right procedure in conducting flag ceremony, the singing
of the National Anthem and other related activities

 http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/opinion/2015/11/22/mendoza-
sequence-flag-ceremony-other-programs-442956
 CHAPTER 3- METHODOLOGY

A. Research Design

The researcher used the descriptive method of research in order to

determine the problems meet by the students upon attending the flaf
ceremony of Eusebio Lopez Memorial Integrated School and a printed
self-made questionaire as the principal tool.

B. The Respondents

The respondents of this study constituted the 80 Junior highschool

students in Eusebio Lopez Memorial Integrated School. 20 students
every grade level are selected at random to answer the questionaires.
Out of 80 students 50% are male and 50% are female.

C. Samples and Sampling Procedures/Techniques

 D. Data Gathering Instruments

A questionnaire was used as the major instrument in gathering the data.

It is printed a self-made questionnaire.

The researchers uses the technological tools in order to accomplish this

study.

E. Validation and Reliability of the Instruments

F. Data Gathering Procedure

In gathering the needed data in this study, the researcher sought first the
permission from the subject teacher of Research in Grade 10-SSC.
Permission to administer the questionnaire was also served from the
subject teacher.

The questionnaire was personally distributed and retrieved by the

researcher. It took only 1 day to retrieved the accomplish questionnaire.

G. Data Analysis

The following statistical tools were used in the analysis and interpretation of
data. Frequency distribution was used to determine the number of the different
items of the respondents.

Percentage was used to express the frequency in percent by dividing the

number of frequency by the the total number of cases.
CHAPTER 4- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
CHAPTER 5- SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND
RECOMMENDATIONS