Poverty Alleviation Programs of Public Secondary Schools in Legazpi City Division

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Zero dropouts, 100% promotion and high academic performance of students are primary goals of school administrators. Despite the measures and efforts done to realize these goals, it is inevitable that the drop rate can be part of the schools' numerous challenges linked to poverty. To address such problem, interventions like poverty reduction and poverty eradication are set forth. This study looked into the previous and present programs related to poverty alleviation aimed to facilitate learning and improve the academic performance of students.

METHODS

This descriptive research utilized Slovin's formula to determine the number of teacher and learner-respondents per school. Purposive sampling was applied to principals and School-Based Management (SBM) coordinators and the validated questionnaire was distributed face-to-face in one venue, explained in Filipino or Mother Tongue to ensure valid answers, answered questionnaire was collected right away. Descriptive statistics were utilized to analyze the gathered data.

RESULTS

Findings revealed that most of the schools are located in the urban area consisting of 16-138 teachers with a population ranging from 430-3202 students and that their poverty alleviation programs are highly implemented. Only a small percentage of respondents were able to observe the problems enumerated that can be attributed to the idea that the respondents, particularly the learners, are receivers of the support and that they are not concerned about problems in the program implementation. The school administrators on the other hand whose utmost concern is connecting with stakeholders, who can finance intervention measures, are the ones who go through the challenges in sustaining the implementation. The impact of the poverty alleviation program was evident in all the areas covered by the study. The respondents suggested several activities to improve the implementation in order to minimize problems that may be encountered and achieve highly evident impact

DISCUSSIONS

The results of the study revealed that such intervention activities advance school performance; there is still the loud call for a more intensified partnership with educational stakeholders in the implementation of the programs to achieve the goals of school administrators for zero dropout rate, 100% promotion, and high academic performance.