Abstract
Indigenous people (IP) have faced multiple difficulties in education. Indigenous students often do
worse academically than non-indigenous student peers. These stated the low enrollment rates showed
a dropout rate, absenteeism, repetition rates, literacy rate, and thus the educational outcomes, with
retention and completion being two significant issues. Further, this study explores the lived
experiences and challenges faced by indigenous high school students amidst the new normal
education. Employing the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, the findings of this study were:
(1) The reason why IP learners were not satisfied with their performance is that they cannot
understand some of the lessons due to the language barrier. (2) IP learners are committed to finishing
their studies, however, some of the students lack resources for studying, like gadgets for researching,
and they do not have cell phones. And the other students may have gadgets or cellphones, but their
internet connection is low or not accessible in some places at their location.