The purpose of this study is to identify the
challenges faced by senior high school teachers in
Kalawit District as well as to identify the alternative
methods they use to address the aforementioned
challenges. The descriptive-survey type of research
method is used by questionnaire as the main instrument
to gather the required data from selected respondents
which includes teachers, principals and students. The
study shows that the most dominant challenge faced by
the respondents was the lack of facility particularly the
lack or absence of speech laboratory. Meanwhile, for the
second challenge regarding instructional equipment, the
lack of television predominates. On the other hand, the
lack of relevant training and certificates prevails when it
comes to teachers qualification. The challenges
mentioned above are applied by alternative solutions.
For the lack of facility, respondents preferred to contact
DepEd and local government officials to fund and seek
assistance. Regarding the lack of teaching equipment,
the respondents said that they only use laptops,
smartphones, tablets and projectors as a substitute for
television. Meanwhile, regarding the qualification of the
teacher related to the lack of training and certificate or
training, accepting the applicant in SHS even without
TMC and later sending them to the relevant trainings
for the subject to be taught is the solution to the
problem.
Overall, there was no difference in the perceptions
of teacher, principal and student when classifying their
responses on the weight of the challenge faced in senior
high school implementation as well as on the frequency
of using the aforementioned alternative methods. Thus,
the stated hypothesis that there is no difference in the
response of the respondents regarding the problem
posed is accepted
Keywords : Alternative Methods, Dominant Challenges, Senior High, Facilities, Instructional Materials, Teacher Qualification