Level of Awareness of Beneficiaries on the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4P's) and Its Implication toTheir Academic Performance in West Malungon District

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The second Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of the Philippines is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by achieving universal primary education through the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). The program includes granting conditional cash grants to the poorest of the poor, to improve the health, nutrition, and the education of children aged 0-18 years old. In this study, the researcher evaluated the implication of the 4P's to the academic performance of the beneficiaries.

METHODS

The study used descriptive evaluative research design in public secondary schools of West Malungon District, Malungon Sarangani Province. The study also used weighted mean in finding the level of awareness, T-test at 0.05 level of significance on independent samples in finding significant differences before and during the implementation of 4Ps, and Pearson r at 0.05 level of significance in solving for the correlation on the level of awareness of 4Ps beneficiaries and academic performance.

RESULTS

Cash grants of 4P's are always used for leisure, pay debts and to enroll in school, provide for daily needs and buying clothes. It is withdrawn through ATM on time by traveling to nearest ATM machines and find the grant enough for their needs. Before and after the implementation, the learner beneficiaries has a mean academic performance of fair and there is a very slight increase in the academic performance which is found to be insignificant. Only the fulfillment on the implementation of the program significantly affects the academic performance of the learner beneficiaries.

DISCUSSIONS

To some, the cash grant may not be enough to provide for all of the basic needs, but it is the only seen fixed regular amount to augment financial difficulties. In this study, with the evaluation of the results and findings of the study, although the 4P's had helped the financial needs of the learner beneficiaries, it is not a determining factor that greatly improved the performance of the learners. Still, other factors like family, school and the community, shall be accounted to help the beneficiaries improve their performance in school.