The Academic Behavior of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Student Beneficiaries of Maddela Comprehensive Senior High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The Philippine government came up with its local version of Conditional Cash Transfer which is commonly known as Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) or Pantawid Pamilya that provide cash grants with conditions to poorest Filipinos. One of the conditions of the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) is to enroll the school-aged children and keep at least 85% of school year attendance. It is very helpful in our community because many poor families are in need of better health and better education. With this condition, children can be more productive citizens in the near future and will able to break away from the cycle of poverty.

METHODS

The academic behavior of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Senior High School Student Beneficiaries of Maddela Comprehensive High School was determined through a descriptive survey method. A survey questionnaire which is composed of two parts namely demographic profile and academic behavior was administered to the eighty (80) 4Ps Senior High School beneficiaries. All 4Ps beneficiaries were considered as respondents. Data were analyzed through the help of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS 16), student version.

RESULTS

The 80 4Ps Senior High School beneficiaries were dominated by 43 males (53.75%). The results showed that the participants always manifested the academic behavior indicators in terms of attendance and school financial obligations and often manifested academic behavior indicators in terms of academic requirements. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in the academic behavior of the participants in attendance, academic requirements and financial obligations when grouped according to sex.

DISCUSSIONS

The results manifested that the 4Ps program is effective in increasing school attendance, compliance with school requirements and school financial obligations among the student beneficiaries.

Moreover, the male and female 4Ps beneficiaries do not differ significantly in their academic behavior.