THE K-12 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAML: THE CASE OF LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL, COTABATO CITY STATE POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, SOUTH CENTRAL MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES

The implementation of the K-12 Senior High School program makes Filipino students competitive globally. On this premise, a study to assess the K-12 Senior High School program of Laboratory High School (LHS) of Cotabato City State Polytechnic College (CCSPC). Also, it explored the resources, teachers' instructional practices, the attainment of the objectives of the program, and the challenges encountered in the implementation. It employed descriptive-evaluative design. It administered survey questionnaires to 202 total number of respondents composed of 169 senior high school students who were chosen randomly and 30 teachers, including three staff, who were selected using Complete Total Enumeration. It was conducted last school year 2019-2020. Results revealed that services and resources evidently provided. The teachers of the LHS have evidently practiced the instructional practices in terms of teaching strategies, classroom management, and assessment of learning. Considering the findings it was concluded that Despite the big class size and with faculty possess degrees appropriate and relevant to the high school program and other qualifications, the LHS maintains its public image of excellence in both curricular and extracurricular activities in which have been a sign that instructional supervision of the Laboratory High School is of a high standard.