The Operational Practices of School Program: An Evaluation to The Implementation of School-Based Feeding Program

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https://doi.org/10.54536/ajmri.v1i1.152

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School-Based Feeding Program, Operation, Impact, Taposo Elementary School, Candelaria District, Schools Division of Zambales, Region III, Philippines

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) and its impact on schools at Raposo Elementary School, Candelaria district, division of Zambales. The Input-Process-Output framework, questionnaire, informal interview, and observation were used as means of gathering data. The principal, entire teachers, feeding recipients from grade 3 to grade 6, and their parents were chosen to be respondents, thus, a purposive sampling technique was used. Using the descriptive-survey design, data gathered from a total of 54 respondents revealed that SBFP has an excellent impact on key indicators of school performance. It is also found out that this program alleviates short-term hunger and improves the nutritional status of learners. But it could be inferred that the positive attitude of parents towards the schooling of their child is the least attributed effect of SBFP. Thus, there is a need to strengthen parental involvement in organizing and implementing the SBFP and to revamp the policy framework detailing the management of the program. Therefore, as an output of this study, the proposed comprehensive school improvement plan of SBFP was designed to increase its beneficial effect and healthier operational practices.

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Jody Al Sahagun, Taposo Elementary School

Dr. Jody Al Peralta Sahagun is presently teaching at Taposo Elementary School, Candelaria District, Schools Division of Zambales. He graduated Bachelor in Elementary Education (2016), Master of Arts in Education major in Educational Administration (2019), and a Doctor of Education major in Educational Administration (2021) at Columban College Inc.- Olongapo City. He successfully passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) in the same year he graduated BEED. Dr. Sahagun has received Excellence in Thesis Writing Award on the year he graduated MAED.  He conducted a series of researches in the field of education, published a research article, and presented his research at different research conferences. His first two years of experience in teaching was rendered in the catholic private school in the Diocese of Iba, at St. Augustine's School of Iba Inc. from the year 2017 to 2019. He served as a lecturer and assistant coordinator in an international mathematics organization known as Mathematics Trainers' Guild (MTG)- Philippines, Iba, Zambales Center from 2017- 2019. 

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2022-03-16

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Sahagun, J. A. (2022). The Operational Practices of School Program: An Evaluation to The Implementation of School-Based Feeding Program. American Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation, 1(1), 24–28. https://doi.org/10.54536/ajmri.v1i1.152

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022): American Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation

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