A STUDY ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM RECIPIENTS IN A SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL
Kenichi Sasaki1*, Nelson T. Diaz2, Patrick Jann I. Brazal3
1Prof. Dr., Hokkaido University of Education, JAPAN
2Master Teacher, Los Baños National High School, Philippines
3Teacher III, Los Baños National High School, Philippines
*Corresponding author
Abstract
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is a conditional cash transfer program of the Philippine government and a poverty reduction strategy that provides monthly allowance to the poorest of the poor to improve their health and education particularly of children from 0 to 18 years old. It provides cash grants to poor households based on the condition of said households increasing their investments in their children’s human capital. It was started by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2008 and continued in massive scale during the Aquino Administration.
This study attempts to track the student recipients’ scholastic status based on academic performances in comparison with average attendance, level of progress and achievements and completion rate in a selected high school in the Philippines. Based on this study, 4P’s recipients’ academic performances decreases as they are promoted to higher grades affecting its promotional rate same with the decline of their average attendance as they go to higher grades.
Keywords: Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, Conditional cash transfers, Academic performance
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