Schools Division of Legazpi

Legazpi District 6
CAGBACONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Legazpi City

ACTION RESEARCH PROPOSAL

I. Proponent: AMELIA TUSI-BOTIN, ESP 1

Cagbacong Elementary School

II. Title: IMPROVING PUPILS’ ATTENDANCE in RELATION to the

IMPLEMENTATION of SCHOOL-BASED-FEEDING PROGRAM of
CAGBACONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL for SY 2015-2016

III. Rationale:

Education and learning depend on good nutrition and health (Rosso, 1999). Nutritional

and health status are powerful influences on a child’s learning and on how well a child

performs in school. Children who lack certain nutrients in their diet, or who suffer from

protein-energy malnutrition, hunger, parasitic infections or other diseases, do not have the

same potential for learning as healthy and well-nourished children. Weak health and

poor nutrition among school-age children diminish their cognitive development either

through physiological changes or by reducing their ability to participate in learning

experiences - or both.

In the Philippines, malnutrition among school-age is one of the pressing problems that

greatly affect pupils’ performance in school. The government is continuously addressing

this predicament particularly in the Department of Education since the most affective

people are children of school age.

DepEd Order No. 37. S.2014, stated the implementation of School-Based Feeding

Program (SBFP) for School Year (SY) 2014-2015 to address the under nutrition problem

and short-term hunger among public school children through the Health and Nutrition

Centre (HNC) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Meals

offered were in the form of lunch. In support to this order, Cagbacong Elementary
 School has been passionately providing the best of the program dubbed as “Eat

Well, Be Well.”

This school year, the program was started in October, 2016. Record shows that there are

fifty one (51) school feeding recipients (17) are wasted and (34) are severely wasted from

grade one to grade six respectively who are currently benefitting in this program.

The researcher would like to know the status of pupils’ attendance in relation to the

implementation of School-Based Feeding Program of the DepEd in Cagbacong

Elementary School for School Year 2015-2016.

IV. Statement of the Problem

This study sought to answer the following questions:

1. What is the status of pupils’ attendance in relation to the implementation of the

School-Based Feeding Program in Cagbacong Elementary School for School Year

2015-2016?

2. Is there an increase in attendance of pupils when the School-Based Feeding

Program was implemented?

3. What are the problems encountered by pupils in relation to their attendance in

school?

4. What other measures/interventions can be achieved to improve pupils’ attendance?

V. Scope of the Study

The study will focus mainly on the status of pupils’ attendance in relation to the

implementation of the School-Based Feeding Program for School Year 2015-2016, and

how their attendance will be improved. The feeding recipients are the main respondents

of the study. These recipients are the seventeen (17) severely wasted pupils and thirty

four wasted pupils. Parents and teacher-advisers of these pupils are also respondents of

this study.
VI. Methodology

The method to be employed in this study is descriptive method of research. Instruments

to be used in this study are questionnaires, checklists, and interview. The researcher will

use the School Form 4 (SF4) to get the data on attendance of pupils. This will be

collected and carefully analysed in order to get the status of pupils’ attendance using

weighted mean.

A checklist will be prepared to identify the measures that can be achieved in improving

the pupils’ attendance. This will be checked by a juror to ensure its validity and

reliability. The researcher will also make a questionnaire to be used during the interview

to parents and the adviser to find out the reasons why pupils are often absent from

classes.

VII. Conclusion:

After analysing and interpreting the data, conclusion and recommendation will be

made. Recommendation shall be made based on the conclusion.

VIII. Work Plan

Stages of the Study Activities Time Duration

Identifying the problem.

Writing the research

Pre-Implementation proposal. February 15- 18, 2016

Seeking for approval from

the Schools Division

Superintendent.

Making questionnaires and

other needed instruments

in getting the data.

 Gathering/collecting data.

During Analyzing and interpreting February 21-March 19,

Implementation of data. 2016

Summarizing of data based

on the findings.

Giving conclusions and

recommendations.

Post Implementation Writing the final research. April 2, 2016

Submitting the copy to the

higher office.

References:

 Joy Miller Del Rosso, School Feeding Programs: Improving Effectiveness and
Increasing the Benefit to Education. A Guide for Program Managers the
Partnership for Child Development

 DepEd Order No. 37. S.2014

 Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 ©

HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011,
2014 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Weighted+mean

AMELIA T. BOTIN, ESP 1

Proponent
Recommending Approval:

PRESYL A. BELLO, Ed. D. IMELDA R. CAUNCA

EPS I- Guidance/Action Research In-charge CID Chief

NORMA B. SAMANTELA, Ed. D.

Asst. Schools Division Superintendent

Approved:
CECILLE BERNADETTE P. RIVERA, CESO V
Schools Division Superintendent