Adopt-A-Learner Program: Impact of the Implementation in Deped Calamba City

Authors

  • Florette Laarni Bautista

Keywords:

beneficiaries, Adopt-A-Learner Program, implementation

Abstract

Introduction

Every child has an inherent right to quality education. To deny a child equal access to quality education is to deny his or her future. Anchored to this sustainable Calamba City Division started the ADOPT-A-LEARNER PROGRAM since 2012. For the first three years of its implementation, the recipients every year were 580 students. Recipients were identified to be the financially challenged students from 52 elementary and 21 secondary schools in the Division of Calamba City. The sponsors were mostly non-teaching personnel of Deped Calamba City, NGOs, LGUs, Faculty members and Private Individuals. Until now the Adopt-A-Learner Program is continuously being implemented and supported by the City Government under the Special Education Fund with a P 290, 000.00 monthly allotted budget.

 

Methods

The Descriptive Method was used in this study to elicit answers to the specific problems of the study. This method involved gathering the data to determine the impact of the implementation of the Adopt-A-Learner Program in Calamba City. It used a 20-item questionnaire on the demographic profile of the child. Moreover, an assessment tool was crafted to assess the achievement of its objectives and the implementation of its guidelines.

 

Results

The study found out that: 1. The learners belong to low income earning family of six siblings with parents working as construction workers; 2. the objectives and guidelines of the Adopt-A-Learner Program were highly implemented; 3. the majority of the learners' grades were improved under the program in spite of some absences; 4. Through the program, majority learners afford to buy school needs and reduced absences; 5. the number of siblings is a vital contributor to the number of absences; 6. The adopt-a-school program has an impact which is evident in the key results areas, and 7. on how allowance was used and the number of absences was predicted by family income and parents occupation. Further, as assessed by both School Heads and Teacher Counselors the objectives and the guidelines of the Adopt-A-Learner Program were highly implemented. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that the implementation of the program has essential and positive effects on the beneficiaries' academic performance and several absences.

 

Discussions

It was recommended to have complete profiling of the program's beneficiaries and that the school heads and teacher counselor should go beyond the implementation congruent to the objectives and guidelines of the program. Further, a comprehensive evaluation and feedback mechanism should be utilized for the effective implementation of the program. Moreover, the school administration along with the internal and external stakeholders as part of the school community needs to have an eye that will guard the deviation of another contributing factor that may directly or indirectly affect the implementation and impacts of.

Published

2019-12-18