TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Magno,Eugenio Suba
TI  - Level of Effectiveness of Extension Programs of Teacher Education Institutions in A Selected State Universities And Colleges in Region III
T2  - LEVEL OF EFFECTIVENESS OF EXTENSION PROGRAM OF TEACHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION IN SELECTED STATE UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGES IN REGION III
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Bataan Peninsula State University
PB  - Magno, Eugenio Suba
N1  - Include bibliographical references
N2  - The study investigated on the effectiveness of the extension programs of the Teacher Education Institutions in selected State University and Colleges (SUCs) in Region III. The study aimed to identify the profile of the program implementers in terms of personal-related factors, awareness and intervention to community problems as to environmental scanning, crafting strategies, and executing strategies. The profile of the selected program recipients in terms of awareness and nature of participation to extension program as to; need analysis survey, objectives, programs implemented, networks and linkage within the barangay, counterpart of barangay, effect of the program, and sustainability of the program. How may the level of effectiveness of extension program as perceived by program implementers and recipients be described in terms of; objectives, proponents, source of funding, scopes, qualities, and utility? Is there any significant difference between the perceptions of the program implementers and program recipients as to the level of effectiveness of extension program? Which among the factors, taken singly and in combination directly affect the level of effectiveness of the extension program?  	The study used the descriptive method. There were two groups of respondents, 167 extensionist or program implementers and 201 program recipients. The data gathered are coded, encoded, and statistically analyzed using statistical software called SPSS version 18. Statistical test used in the study included weighted mean, percentage, frequency counts, Analysis Variance (F-Test) and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis. To describe the profile of the program implementers in terms of personal-related factors frequency and percentage is used. For the person-related factors with respect to awareness and intervention to community problems, weighted mean with correspond descriptive equivalent is used.  	Based on the significant findings, one third of the respondents are 30 to 39 years old, majority of the respondents are married, most of them are female, and most of the respondents have pursued advance education. In terms of field of specialization, the top most cited is Sciences that include General Sciences, Biology, Physics, and Chemistry.  	In terms of teaching load, almost half of the respondents have 19 to 27 units. With respect to years of service, one third of the respondents have been working for less than 10 years, relevant training/seminars attended majority of the respondents did not respond to this item in the questionnaire which mean they did not attended relevant training/seminars at all. Taken as a whole, the program implementers deemed that there is high level of awareness and participation in identifying community problems and designing approaches to address such problems.  	The recipients have high level of awareness and participation on the seven aspects of extension program such as needs analysis survey, objectives, programs implemented, network and linkages within the barangay, counterpart of barangay, effect of the program and, sustainability of program. The respondents considered the extension program of their respective universities to be very effective. While the overall mean of the recipients is higher than that of the implementers, both deemed that the extension program is very effective. Objectives and Proponents are the aspects of extension program that obtained the highest level of effectiveness as perceived by the program implementers.  	Their least in on Scope and then followed by on Source of Funding. For the recipients, their highest mean of effectiveness is on Objectives and then followed by Proponents. Their lowest mean is also Scope and then on Source of Funding. Overall, the area with the highest level of effectiveness is Objectives while the lowest is Scope. Overall, it can be surmised that there is no significant difference between the perception of the program implementers and recipients on the level of effectiveness of Extension Program. Taken singly, the best predictor of the level of effectiveness of Extension Program as perceived by the program implementers is the 'Executing strategies'. Taken in combination, the best predictors of 'Executing Strategies' and 'Crafting Strategies'. On the perspective of program recipients, taken singly, the best predictor of the level of effectiveness of Extension Program is the 'Needs analysis survey'. Taken in combination, the three best predictors are 'Needs analysis survey', 'Networking and linkage within the barangay', and 'Objectives'.  	Based on the conclusion drawn, it was recommended that inasmuch as most of the respondents have pursued advance education they are encourage finishing it strictly along their area of specialization. It was found out that a small number of respondents attended relevant training; therefore all faculty members/extension implementers should be given an equal chance in attending seminars related to extension services. The program implementers should be given release time/period by making their faculty schedule more convenient so that they can attend to extension services activities.  	The Office of Extension Services should design programs much suited to the recipients' needs for them to be more productive individuals in the community. The SUCS's through the Office of Extension Services should adapt more barangays and help more people in the community in uplifting their living conditions. The program implementers should maintain a good relationship with the leaders in the community particularly the barangay captains and the other barangay officials so as to work together for the realization of the extension activities. It is also recommended that more provision on relevant trainings should be given to help the recipient in augmenting their family income.  	The extension implementers should always conduct proper validation procedures such as needs assessments survey before making an extension proposal project. More community involvements with the program implementers should be established together with other stakeholders of the universities. It is also commended that linkage with other private, non-government and government organizations should be strengthened since coordinating with them will ensure more support and assistance.  	The objectives of the Extension Program should be congruent to the development plans of local authorities such as NEDA and local government. This will ensure the attainment of goals and objectives not only by the Extension Program in the universities but the country as a whole. Problems, constraints met and the weaknesses of observed must be taken into consideration and new model and approaches maybe implemented to successfully implement the extension programs. Similar studies should be conducted in other discipline and continuous monitoring and evaluation maybe consistently done to ensure relevance and sustainability of the programs
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