DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2019.v07i03.017

Pages: 203-211

The purpose of this study was to assess the preparedness of the school as an evacuation center during disasters specifically Annafunan Elementary School, Atulayan Elementary School, Tuguegarao East Central and Balzain Elementary School of Tuguegarao City. This study adopted a descriptive correlation research design and inferential statistics to answer the questions concerning the preparedness of school as an evacuation center. Using Slovin’s formula with 0.05 as the margin of error to compute size, 44 respondents were selected. Majority of the administrator's said that the school was highly prepared but the evacuees said that the school was not prepared. Results of the study when comparing the preparedness of the school in disasters as assessed by school administrators and community resident respondents is positive. This means that there is a significant difference in the preparedness of school in disasters. This is being confirmed with the p-value which is equal to 0.026. Results of the concerns and issues of the respondents shows that majority of the respondents said that lack of fund of the DRRMC is number one issue of the respondents.