School Based Feeding Program: It's Impact on The Academic Performance of Severely Wasted and Wasted Pupils of Boot Elementary School
Keywords:
academic performance, feeding program, wasted, severely wastedAbstract
INTRODUCTION
Education is considered as the tool of the country to improve its economy, but how the government can produce quality education if the students are suffering from malnutrition and nutrient deficiency. Health problems are no longer new in the Philippines especially among children in elementary and secondary schools in public.
Both government and non-government organizations launched several feeding programs that can help reduce the malnutrition and nutrient deficiency among students.
According to Gavilan (2014), Senator Grace Poe proposed a Senate Bill 79 also known as Sustansya Para sa Batang Pilipino Act that promotes the School Based Feeding Program in all public schools. Hence, the government launched feeding program to all public schools in the country, they called it School Based Feeding program also known as SBFP.
METHODS
The respondents of the study were given a noticed of meeting with the school principal and the school feeding coordinator. They were oriented on the process of the feeding program as well as the research. The school head and the school feeding coordinator, together with class advisers, explained the advantages and disadvantages of result of the study.
The researcher utilized the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient to compare the two performances of the pupils before and after the feeding program and the t-test to determine the significant difference of two performances.
RESULTS
After 120 days of implementing of the School Based Feeding Program, this study proved that the SBFP has an impact on the academic performance of all severely wasted and wasted pupils ofBoot Elementary pupils.
DISCUSSIONS
The results demonstrated that School Based Feeding program should be continuously implemented every school year with sufficient funding from the government. Likewise, we should encourage the parents to serve the nutritious meal at home.
