Invigorating The 21st Century Skills in Basic Education: Equipping Plan

This research assessed the teacher’s demonstration in line with 21st century skills at the identified schools in Lapu-Lapu city division in the School Year 2020-2021 as basis for development plan. The researchers used the descriptive research method to gather information about the respondents’ demographic profile. The data obtained were analyzed using percentage weighted mean, standard deviation and t-test for significant difference with 0.05 level of significance. Results shows that teacher’s response on their level of competence puts a challenging role to educators at present. Based on the findings, data shows that teachers have possessed the 21st century skills that helps them in providing quality education. Although, the data suggests that not all the 21st skills were rated high, still teachers possessed the basic knowledge in terms of embracing the new sets of skills in this new era. Further, finding shows that policymakers should sets some policy to elevated teachers 21st century skills to meet the global demands of education. Results also suggest that there is a need an immediate need of upgrading IT infrastructure and furthering research initiatives in every school especially during this time of pandemic. It is recommended that the proposed strategic plan crafted shall be considered for implementatio