SCHOOL-BASED HIDDEN CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FORLOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND LOCALCOLLEGESIN BICOL REGION, PHILIPPINES

The study on the development of a School-Based Hidden Curriculum Management Framework focuses on the relationship of Hidden Curriculum and Students Academic Resiliency. The correlational method of research showed that respondents from selected Local Universities and Local colleges believed that students’ level of academic resiliency could be improved by the Hidden Curriculum that exists in the local universities and colleges in the Bicol Region. The results of the study gave deeper emphasis on the importance of hidden curriculum in the operations of any educational institution. This will give constant reminders to school administrators that equally important to the intended or formal curriculum are the hidden or unintended curriculum that influences the students’ abilities to succeed in many aspects of their academic endeavors. The constantly changing trends, socio-economic fluctuations, political disagreements, technological development, and paradigm shifts in the educational practices in the academe brought inevitable challenges to the students. Having very good support from the academic society will give them the readiness to overcome these challenges and consequently reach their aspirations as professionals with outstanding contributions to the community.