Sustainability of the Implementation of Brigada Eskwela Plus Via School-Community Partnership

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

School improvement does not end on the last day of the Brigada Eskwela week. It is a year-round undertaking to guarantee the school children of an environment conducive to learning. There might be certain uncompleted tasks in the BE work plan or other school needs that may come up during the school year with which you will need the help of stakeholders (Brigada Eskwela Manual for School Heads). The school, particularly the newly established Stand-Alone SHS is challenged with many perennial needs that must be addressed through the sustained implementation of Brigada Eskwela Plus via school-community partnership.

METHODS

The descriptive-correlational method of research was utilized in this study. The participants were the students, teachers and the school-community partners. Data were gathered through the report on uncompleted project in the Brigada Eskwela Work Plan, accomplished Brigada Eskwela Forms, accomplishment report and surveys.

RESULTS

The results showed that the contributing factors for the failure to complete the Brigada Eskwela project and to address the perennial needs of the school can be attributed to the following: 1) failure to prepare effective plan for pre-implementation; 2) failure to prepare effective plan for implementation; 3) failure to prepare effective plan for post implementation; 4) failure to conduct effective strategies to address the perennial needs of the school; and 5) financial constraint. Furthermore, the effective strategies that can be utilized to complete the Brigada Eskwela projects and other perennial needs of the school was the sustainability of the implementation of Brigada Eskwela Plus via school-community partnership in terms of pre-implementation, implementation, and post implementation stage.

DISCUSSIONS

The study revealed the need for the following interventions: 1) based on the report of uncompleted projects and other perennial needs of the school, find means to complete the project and to address these perennial needs through Focus Group Discussions and thorough planning for pre-implementation, implementation and post implementation stage; 2) strengthen school-community partnership; and 3) sustain the implementation of Brigada Eskwela Plus by means of school maintenance activities throughout the school year.