Public Relations and Community Involvement of Stakeholders in the Division of Laguna and the Level of Implementation of Youth for Environment School Organization (Yes-O) Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study was undertaken to identify and determine the public relations and community involvement of stakeholders and the level of implementation of Youth Environment in Schools Organization (YES-O) program. This study aims to look at the level of public relations in terms of integrity, morality, and sensitivity among the respondents; and the level of community involvement in terms ofcooperation, political sensitivity and commitment among the respondents can be determined.

METHODS

The researcher utilized surveys and questionnaires from the four groups of respondents including the secondary school heads, YES-O advisers, YES-O school student president and barangay officials from education committee at the secondary public schools from the Division of Laguna. The identification of the public relations and community involvement among the respondents enabled to correlate the level of implementation of the YES-O program. The study used percentage, weighted mean, standard deviation and chi-square as tools in the analysis and interpretation of the data.

RESULTS

Results showed that the four group of respondents perceived different levels in terms of profile, public relations and community involvement on the level of implementation on the Youth for Environment Schools Organization (YES-O) program. School heads, YES-O advisers, YES-O school student presidents and Barangay officials from EducationCommittee must collaborate effectively on the level of public relations in terms of integrity, morality and sensitivity. As for the level of community involvement in terms of cooperation, political sensitivity and commitment to others must be working more efficiently among individuals.

DISCUSSIONS

In the lights of the findings of the study, the following are hereby recommended to conduct year-round evaluation on all the YES O mandated programs and activities, school heads may look deeper on the effect on student's academic and National Achievement Test (NAT), school heads may encourage the teacher's involvement on the YES-O program implementation regardless of their academic expertise and a further study should be conducted to determine the level of publicrelations and community involvement of stakeholders and the level of implementation of Youth for Environment Schools Organization (YES-O) program activities in the Division of Laguna.