Intensifying Community and School Partnership through Reinforcing Supreme Student Government Innovation-3P's Prutas sa Perang Papel

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The success of education becomes highly possible through community and school partnership. When students learn to connect and give contribution to their local community, they grow up as responsible citizens. This partnership is the flagship of the Supreme Student Government project 3P's (Prutas sa Perang Papel) where students, teachers, parents, and stakeholders recycle papers to be used as mango wrappers. Through this income generating and innovative project, problems on leadership roles and participation of students were analyzed. Hence, the study described the level of school and community partnership in areas of educational, health services and social improvement of the senior high school students. It has the end view of proposing a project proposal to increase the school-community partnership of the senior high school students as they promote 3P's in barangay.

METHODS

The study utilized a descriptive research design with 89 respondents from the school and community of Conde Labac, Batangas City. Weighted mean and composite mean were used to analyze data from the survey questionnaire.

RESULTS

Results revealed that there is a moderate level of school and community partnership in terms of educational services, health services and social improvement of the senior high school. Disaster risk management, Wash in School (WINS) program and community organization that involves senior high school students are some of the services that increase the partnership. The respondents strongly agreed that the school innovative project 3 P'S (Prutas sa Perang Papel) promotes recycling and income.

DISCUSSIONS

To increase the level of school community partnership from a moderate level, services to increase the social involvement of the senior high school students must be done which include extending school projects to the local community. The participation of parents and stakeholders is a factor that increases the partnership; however, joining in community-based organizations and projects should be given emphasis. A project proposal on extending the school-based innovative project 3P'S (Prutas sa Perang Papel) is proposed to increase school participation and linkage thus strengthening community partnership.