Assessing the Impact of Siquijor State College’s Education Literacy and Greening Programs at a Philippine Elementary School
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https://doi.org/10.64612/ijiv.v2i2.66Keywords:
Impact Assessment, extension, experiential learning, literacy, numeracy, environmental educationAbstract
Educational extension programs are expected to show that they do more than finish activities. They are also expected to deliver real benefits to student growth and the long-term survival of communities, especially in rural areas with limited resources. The College of Education Extension Program of Siquijor State College was run at Nabutay Elementary School in Maria, Siquijor, from 2018 to 2024. The program included teaching journalism, improving math skills, growing worms for food, and planting trees to meet the area’s educational and environmental needs. A contribution-oriented impact assessment method was used to analyze data from semi-structured interviews with students, teachers, and parents to examine changes resulting from their involvement in the program. The results show that functional literacy and numeracy have improved, learner self-efficacy has gone up, and environmentally friendly habits have become more common. Experiential learning is a key way to put information into practice. Instead of claiming direct cause and effect, the study shows how community-based extension programs can help students improve their skills by interacting with program activities, participant experiences, and local contexts. It also shows how important it is to use qualitative, contribution-based evaluation when creating flexible and long-lasting educational extension programs.
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