Abstract:
The study determined the relationship between gender equity and sensitivity, and the academic performance of pupils in public elementary schools in the West District of San Rafael, Bulacan during the School Year 2022 - 2023. With explanatory sequential mixed methods as the research design and teachers and pupils as respondents of the study. Findings showed that teachers and their respective pupils often believed that gender equity in terms of gender restrictions, gender attributes, and gender domination is being practiced in the school. The assessments of the public elementary school teachers and their respective pupils as regard gender sensitivity in terms of the use of language, classroom activities/management and didactics were "very satisfactory". The academic performance of the male and female pupils was described as "Satisfactory." Further, it was found that no significant difference between the academic performance of male and female pupils. Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were drawn: There is no significant difference between the perceptions of the pupils and the teachers themselves as regards their gender equity and sensitivity. The assessments of the teachers and pupils are the same regardless of their sex. There is a significant relationship between the teachers' sensitivity and their pupils' academic performance. However, gender equity was found no significant correlation with pupils' academic performance.
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