CANO, ROWENA CASULLA . Unpublished Master's Thesis, University of Nueva Caceres, City of Naga,March,2000.
Keywords: Drop-outs Perception of Development Programs
This study aimed to identify the perception of Milaor High School drop-outs school year 1995-1998 of existing alternative development programs. More specifically, it sought to answer the following: 1) What development programs along educational , economic, and socio-cultural aspects exist in the community? 2) Which of these alternative programs can provide assistance to school drop-outs as perceived by various agencies? 3) To what extent are these programs needed by these drop-outs? 4) What personal factors are associated with the perceived extent of need?
The descriptive-associational method was used in conducting this research to determine the alternative development programs existing in the community offered by government and non-government organizations. A scale using very much needed, much needed, needed, less needed and not needed was used to described the perceived extent of need to find out if these were associated with the personal factors inherent in the 132 respondents of this study.
Conclusions were: 1) Alternative development programs along literacy had been organized for out of school; so with programs along institutional development is designed to provide beneficiaries opportunities to alleviate their lives from poverty and sports development program is created in order for the beneficiaries to have a total and well-rounded personality. 2) Programs offered by various government organizations aimed for a total eradication of illiteracy, for maintaining financial stability and for the development of awareness for social and civic responsibility and well being. 3) The development programs needed by the drop-outs were those which provide them economic and financial stability as well as those which developed their socio-civic responsibility which are: Non-formal Education for Automotive, Electronics, Food processing, Stuff Toys Making and Building Wiring, Poultry Production and Dispersal Project, Carabao Industry Development Program, and Palay Seed and Multiplication Distribution Program, among others. 4) Perceived needs for educational programs were: Functional Literacy Classes Cum Livelihood Skills Development Government Internship Program, and School on the Air program where younger ones were more inclined to attend literacy classes; while older ones preferred livelihood programs such as Ragiwdiw Propagation, Polyculture of Lapu-lapu and Tilapia, Abaca Rehabilitation Program, and Genetically Improved Farm Tilapia, among others.
Keywords: Drop-outs Perception of Development Programs
This study aimed to identify the perception of Milaor High School drop-outs school year 1995-1998 of existing alternative development programs. More specifically, it sought to answer the following: 1) What development programs along educational , economic, and socio-cultural aspects exist in the community? 2) Which of these alternative programs can provide assistance to school drop-outs as perceived by various agencies? 3) To what extent are these programs needed by these drop-outs? 4) What personal factors are associated with the perceived extent of need?
The descriptive-associational method was used in conducting this research to determine the alternative development programs existing in the community offered by government and non-government organizations. A scale using very much needed, much needed, needed, less needed and not needed was used to described the perceived extent of need to find out if these were associated with the personal factors inherent in the 132 respondents of this study.
Conclusions were: 1) Alternative development programs along literacy had been organized for out of school; so with programs along institutional development is designed to provide beneficiaries opportunities to alleviate their lives from poverty and sports development program is created in order for the beneficiaries to have a total and well-rounded personality. 2) Programs offered by various government organizations aimed for a total eradication of illiteracy, for maintaining financial stability and for the development of awareness for social and civic responsibility and well being. 3) The development programs needed by the drop-outs were those which provide them economic and financial stability as well as those which developed their socio-civic responsibility which are: Non-formal Education for Automotive, Electronics, Food processing, Stuff Toys Making and Building Wiring, Poultry Production and Dispersal Project, Carabao Industry Development Program, and Palay Seed and Multiplication Distribution Program, among others. 4) Perceived needs for educational programs were: Functional Literacy Classes Cum Livelihood Skills Development Government Internship Program, and School on the Air program where younger ones were more inclined to attend literacy classes; while older ones preferred livelihood programs such as Ragiwdiw Propagation, Polyculture of Lapu-lapu and Tilapia, Abaca Rehabilitation Program, and Genetically Improved Farm Tilapia, among others.