Effectiveness of Student Reimbursement System for Research Prototypes: Adopt-A-Prototype Program

• Main Author: Angeles, Juan Kristopier D.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2024
• Subjects: reimbursement program; prototype; student researcher; education; culture of innovation
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/conf_archers/2023/paper_innov/4; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/conf_archers/article/1010/viewcontent/ARCHERS_Angeles___Juan_Kristopier_D._Angeles.docx.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Educational institutions from all over the world were forced to temporarily close and rely on distance education as a substitute for face-to-face instruction. With the aim to continue the provision of quality education, numerous educational institutions preferred the online delivery mode. Apart from online learning, the majority of public schools, particularly those in rural areas, used modular learning modality. One of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals is to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” learners. However, studies revealed that this intervention showed that there is a decline in the quality of education meant for students. The lack of financial capability of students from rural areas challenges this goal of providing quality education. To address this gap, the researcher of the current study examined the current financial status of students of two subjects in the Senior High School K-12 Program: Inquiries, Investigations, and Immersion (I3) and Practical Research I. Upon determining the lack of financial support to making the subject’s required output (research prototype), the researcher initiated an innovative student reimbursement program, Adopt-a-Prototype, in which private linkages has become part of the research process through sponsorship (adoption) of their work-in-progress (WIP) research prototypes. The innovative reimbursement program has been evaluated using historical data and presented in this descriptive research. It was revealed that the program introduced the establishment of a “culture of innovation” for both students and teachers.