The Quality of the Implementation of the School-Based Feeding Program in the Division of Quezon: Basis for an Enhancement Program

Abstract

The study focuses on the implementation of the School-Based Feeding Program in the Division of Quezon, descriptive research design was used with self-made questionnaire as its instrument. The population of the study was composed of 124 respondents from seven (7) different municipalities of Quezon Province. Frequency distribution, percentage and weighted mean were used to analyze the data obtained from the respondents. Findings revealed that most of the respondents were in the age of 41 year old and above, female with teacher I-III position title and majority were school feeding assistants. The respondents agreed to the quality of implementation of the School-Based Feeding Program in their respective schools. Also, they agreed that feeding program has an impact to the academic performance of the beneficiaries. However, they only agreed fairly in the problems encountered of the implementers and beneficiaries of the feeding program. Based on the result, the researcher developed an enhancement program in order to maximize the quality of the implementation of the School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) in the Division of Quezon.