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Mindanao State University - Sulu

Kissa Journal

Welcome to the KISSA Journal "Bridging Local Realities with Global Goals."
The KISSA Journal is the official online research publication of Mindanao State University-Sulu. It is an interdisciplinary journal that brings together diverse fields of study to address the realities of the Sulu Archipelogo.

The journal highlightes pressing educational challenges, explores opportunities in agriculture and fisheries, and advances research that contributes to social transformation. By aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Developemt Goals (SDGs), it connects local scholarship to global conversations, fostering knowledge that empowers communities, informs policy, and builds inclusive and sustainable futures.

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Research Article Vol. 1, No. 1 Kadafi A. Basaluddin

Economic Implications of Senior High School to Parents: A Rural-Urban Perspective

The introduction of the Senior High School in the Philippines for the first time in 2016, intends to convalesce the learning competence of the high school students. The curriculum was conceived mainly due to the dreadful performance of the Filipino learners in various international benchmarking assessment of competence randomly conducted across the country.

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Research Article Vol. 1, No. 1 Norman A. Abdurahman

Factors Associated with Job Satisfaction and Performance of the Public Secondary School Teachers in Sulu

Improving the quality of education in Sulu is a great challenge for the local educators especially the top administrators of the DepEd-Sulu. The current state of quality education in the elementary and secondary level is very deplorable. The major factors affecting the quality education are the unstable peace and order condition, the lack of school facilities, poor supervision of the school operation, and the lack of incentives in terms of promotion, recognition, salary increase and other fringe benefits of among committed teachers.

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Research Article Vol. 1, No. 1 Samson J. Adju

Modular Teaching in Statistics for Freshman Students of the MSU-Sulu College of Education

Most students in Sulu regard mathematics as hard subject and difficult to understand. Overwhelmed with negative attitude, the students have likely shown disinterest on mathematics and they therefore take for granted the subject and intend only to take the subject as requirement. According to Engineer Omar S. Arabani a former instructor at the Notre Dame of Jolo College in the early eighties, Sulu had been late 30 years in teaching mathematics compared to highly urbanized areas like Manila and Cebu.

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Research Article Vol. 1, No. 1 Nurhida A. Julbasari

Implementation of Senior High School in MSU-Sulu: Issues and Challenges

Right after the 1974 Jolo conflagration, the Mindanao State University-Sulu was established in order to help Tausug attain development and quality of life. The growth of the university however has been affected by insurgency especially in the first ten years of its operation which coincided with the height of the armed conflict between the Manila government and the Moro National Liberation Front.

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Book Review Vol. 1, No. 1 Rashmie G. Estino

Book Review: Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond

The Book, GUNS, GERMS and STEEL, by Jared Diamond (W. Norton & Company Inc., 1999), recounts the story of the rise and fall of human societies from different parts of the world. Although the book considers 13,000 years ago as the beginning of history, the discussion goes beyond that. In fact, the author was able to trace not only the dynamics of civilizations since ancient until the contemporary but also identify the underlying factors responsible for both strength and weakness of people, society and government.

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