Impact study on SPUQC's community extension programs for the past five years

• Main Author: Balderama, Mark A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: Universities and colleges—Philippines—Public services; Higher Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5833
• Institution: De La Salle University

An impact study on SPUQC’s community extension program is a must. It was four years ago when an impact study was previously done. Since then, there was an increase in SPUQC’s students’ population, outreach programs and he number of partner communities and beneficiaries to whom the outreach programs are geared to. The signs of the time are quick to change so as th3 needs of the people in the partner communities. This study will include all the outreach programs thereby covering all the three partner communities in Brgy. Valencia in New Manila, Brgy. Welfareville in Mandaluyong City and Sitio Ruby in Fairview, Quezon City. Questionnaires will be filled up and answered by the people in the partner communities. Nonetheless, the college students in SPUQC will also be part of the respondents. The formation of the students if it has to be holistic should extend outside the confines of the classroom. They will then evaluate the impact of the outreach programs in the total development of their formation. The model for gathering data is Daniel Stufflebeam’s CIPP (context, input, process and product) evaluation method. The questionnaire will have four sections in context, input, process and product. There are eleven outreach programs covered all of which were implemented in a five-year duration. The top three program which got the highest impact evaluation are the feeding program (3.61), tutorial in math of grades 5 and 6 in Valencia elementary Scholl (3.55) and the early childhood education (3.48). On the other hand, the Gawad Kalinga build (3.26), computer literacy (3.17) and the non-formal education in English and math for adults (2.92) occupied the bottom three. For the students, the context of all the outreach programs made it to the top. The product was rated second while the input and process had similar mark. The people in the partner communities also find the context of the outreach programs with the highest impact. Their evaluation is followed by the product; the input comes third while the process dimension had the least impact. Both the students and beneficiaries had similar ratings in the context, input, process and product of the programs. They considered the contest of the programs as the source of good opportunities in fulfilling their personal and social goals. The product evaluation, second in rating to context, affirms the fact that outreach programs are effective and that the outcomes are favorable to both the students and the beneficiaries. The input and process placed third and fourth, respectively, because of a need for adjustment in some areas of concern. The pla­nning and orientation should be improved as well as the overall implementation of all the programs.