Project KFC as A tool in Minimizing Malnutrition in Kinagunan Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

KINAGUNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a complete mono-grade school, has a total enrolment of 357 with teaching and non-teaching staff which is consistent with the mandate of the School-Based Management.

Based on the result of nutritional status last June 2015, out of these 357 pupils, 16 were categorized as severely wasted and 37 fell in the wasted category which has an alarming total of 53 malnourished pupils. Added to this, the school was one of the schools in the district which was not able to be included in the School-Based Feeding Program (Department of Education Order No. 33 s. 2015) due to lack of information and miscommunication. In connection with this situation, the school decided to launch Project KFC (Knock-out malnutrition through Feeding with the Collaboration of the stakeholders).

METHODS

This school-based action research made use of experimental quantitative design to find out the effectiveness of Project KFC in eradicating malnutrition since the subjects were measured before and after the implementation of Project KFC. After the activities and the post, weighting was done the researchers began to assess the result and composed the study. Data were tabulated and analyzed statistically using the statistical treatment.

RESULTS

As per the tabulated data are given after the result of Post Weighing Assessment duly to the implementation of Project KFC, only 2(f) reported severely undernourished remained on the same category giving an approximate percentile distribution of 3.77(%) percent. In the least case of undernourishment within all assessed elementary pupils, 69.81(%) percent with a total frequency of 37(f) pupils were assessed to have a minor inadequacy in weight value for proper good nourishment. With an approximate of accumulated percentile distribution of 24.52(%) or 13(f), pupils were able to reduce the number of cases of undernourishment giving a 45.29(%) margin or 24(f) pupils was able to attain the purposive target data of the program. While 69.81% or 37(f) total number of elementary pupils was able to achieve the Normal weigh value after the implementation of Project KFC.

DISCUSSIONS

The result showed that there is a significant difference in the number of selected malnourished pupils in Kinagunan Elementary School before and after the implementation of Project KFC proving the effectiveness of the said feeding program. Likewise, the activities in this feeding program can be used as an alternative approach in addressing malnutrition and for giving awareness about proper nutrition.