IMPLEMENTATION OF 4PS CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER AND ITS EFFECT TO LEARNERS’ SCHOOL PERFORMANCE

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The Conditional Cash Transfer program of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is a social program that entails monetary assistance that contributes to the education of beneficiaries. The purpose of this study was to determine if the implementation of the 4Ps conditional cash transfer program in terms of health and education is connected to students' school performance. The respondents of this study were 4Ps recipient learners of Cabangkalan Integrated School. A descriptive-correlational analysis was conducted using a universal sample of all 4Ps recipients from Grade 1 to Grade 10. The findings indicated that the implementation of 4Ps Conditional Cash Transfer programs in terms of health and education grants is high. Findings also revealed that learners’ percentage of school attendance was 92.78 percent and described as very high. It met the standard requirements of 4Ps and DepEd policy, which is 80 percent of the total number of days. Further, it revealed that learners’ percentage of academic achievement was 84.76 percent and described as very satisfactory. The null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance to test the correlation of variables. Results show that there is a significant low positive correlation between health grants and education grants and learners’ school attendance reflecting from its Pearson’s r which has 0.396 and p-value of 0.000. Also, the result for Health Grants and Education Grants are found to have a significant moderate positive correlation with the learners’ academic achievement. Reflecting from its Correlation coefficient which has 0.503 which is p < .05 and p-value of 0.000. In conclusion, the Implementation of CCT programs in terms of Health and Education is high. This means that all indicators of the independent variable are perceived and observed very well by the respondents, implying that respondents lead to replicating the behaviors observed. It is then recommended that the Philippine Government continue the implementation of 4Ps and design additional programs for beneficiaries who graduated through the CCT.

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