Relationship of Nutritional Status to Academic Performance of Grade-V Pupils in Pansin Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Education is basically the powerful tool of every pupil to pace the life changing world, but because of malnutrition that arises every now and then, the chances of the learners are quietly affected. This research attempted to assess the relationship of nutritional status of the respondents to their academic performances which was assessed using the downloaded Nutritional Status Report Spreadsheet, and also survey questionnaires to deepen the study.

METHODS

Each respondent who fell under severely wasted was given of survey questionnaires and Modified Teacher's Made Test. The Nutritional Status Report (Baseline) and their grades were collected, analyzed and interpreted.For the intensive study, respondents undergone feeding program for three (3) months to determine the effectiveness of the intervention "School Feeding Program". After that, they underwent the same procedures. Data were collected, analyzed, and interpreted. Arithmetic Mean, standard deviation, Frequency, and Percentage was used to find the relationship of Nutritional Status to the academic performance.

RESULTS

This paper assessed the relationship of nutritional status to the academic performances of Grade five pupils. Respondents were 15 pupils of Pansin Elementary school who fell under severely wasted status from the three sections in Grade 5. In this study, in turns out, 86.67% of the pupils prepared to eat ready to cook foods as compared to 13.33% prepared to eat home-made food based on the results of assessment from the survey given. After the intervention, which was School Feeding Program, 100% of the pupils did increase in weight and were able to participate and pass the Teacher's Made Test as compared to their previous performances.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the results, it is highly evident that academic performances were affected by nutritional status supported by the study of Amy Ross, "Nutrition and Its Effects on Academic Performances". This suggests empowerment of Gulayan saPaaralan with the help of the stakeholders or the community to promote healthy environment.