SAN SEBASTIAN COLLEGE - RECOLETOS MANILA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AREA OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

A STUDY ON THE LEVEL OF POLITICAL AWARENESS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS IN SELECTED UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN MANILA

Survey Questionnaire I. PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENT Name (Optional(: __________________________ Year and Course: __________________________ Age: _____________________________________ Gender: __________________________________ Name of school: ___________________________ II. Direction: Kindly read and entertain each item. Rate the following questions by putting a check mark on the number that represents your answer. 5 as the highest and 1 is the lowest.

1. I understand the basic principles and ideals of the state which underlie its organization and activities. 2. I am participative enough in order to demonstrate what is good, to criticize what is bad or inefficient, and to suggest improvements. 3. I know that it is the responsibility of the government to realize the will of the state. 4. I believe that the state has the power to rule within its territory. 5. I perceive that the state has the freedom to carry out its activities without subjection to or control by other states. 6. I believe that a state cannot exist without the government, but it is possible to have a government without a state. 7. I presume that the ordinary citizens of a country are a part of the state, but are not part of the government. 8. I have knowledge regarding the Constitution as the supreme or fundamental law of the land. 9. I assume that the Constitution is binding on all individuals and organs of the government.

10. I presume that the Constitution is the law to which all others laws must conform and in accordance with which all private rights must be determined and all public authority administered. 11. I know that the President of the Philippines has the executive power to administer the laws, which means carrying them into practical operation and enforcing their due observance. 12. I know that the President of the Philippines must be a natural-born citizen. 13. I know that the President of the Philippines must be at least forty (40) years of age. 14. I know that the President of the Philippines must be a resident of the Philippines. 15. I have knowledge that the legislature defines rights and duties of citizens for the promotion of the common good. 16. I have knowledge that legislative power is essentially the authority under the Constitution to make laws, to alter and repeal them. 17. I have knowledge that it is the peculiar task of the legislature to prescribe general rules or the government society. 18. I have knowledge that the Supreme Court has the judicial power. 19. I have knowledge that it is the responsibility the of judicial branch of the government to determine or interpret whether the law is constitutional or not. 20. I believe that the State has the authority, under its police power, to define and punish crimes and to lay down the rules of criminal procedure. 21. I believe that a State can take a private property for a public use without the owners consent, conditioned upon payment of just compensation. 22. I believe that the State has the power to tax in order to defray the necessary and legitimate expenses of the government. 23. I believe that the Filipino people have the right to constitute their own government. 24. I understand that the separation of Church and State shall be inviolable.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:

This study aims to determine the level of political awareness of college students enrolled in San Sebastian College-Recoletos Manila. For the realization of this study, the researchers attempted to answer this question: 1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of the following variables: 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Age Gender Year Level Course

2. What is the level of political awareness of college students enrolled in San Sebastian College-Recoletos Manila in the current political and social issues? 3. Is there a significant relationship between the demographic profiles of the college students studying at San Sebastian College Recoletos Manila in the level of political awareness?