This paper focuses on the level of student burnout among the senior high school students of Bislig City Division. The quantitative nature of this study reveals insights about the experiences of the students in this new normal. The study was conducted among the 499 senior high school students (n=499 14 senior high schools) in Bislig City Division, both from the public and private schools, for grades 11 and 12, across strands. Non-probability sampling, particularly convenience sampling, was utilized. Using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey, the data were collected, and statistically analyzed with Kruskal Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests. The results revealed that the learners are exhausted at the current arrangement of the new normal education, making them cynical, and at some point, considered their classes inefficient. Yet, this feeling of burnout is rarely felt on the whole. Consequently, the differences between the different groups of private and public schools, and the strands were statistically significant (p ≤ 0.05), contrary to the differences between sexes and the grade levels. Despite the results, the learners have developed in them a greater appreciation for their education. In the face of frustrations and challenges, these senior high school students are learning. They have shared their personal reflections in their struggle to continue learning amidst, and in spite of COVID-19.

public schools

student burnout

senior high school

private schools

Bislig City