International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume VI, Issue II, February 2022 | ISSN 2454–6186

Utilization Of Pantawid Pamilying Pilipino Program (4PS) Financial Aide And Pupils’ Academic Performance.

Ailene O. Basco, Carolyn M. Illescas, Sharon Rose Bontongon
Western Philippines University, Philippines

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This study was conducted to assess awareness on the utilization of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Education of Sta. Monica Elementary School and Matahimik- Bucana Elementary Schools of District II, City Division of Puerto Princesa as reflected in Pupils’ academic performance. There were 153 respondents in this study.
The descriptive-correlation research design was used in the study. Data were gathered through questionnaires while frequency, percentage, mean and Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient r were the statistical tools used to analyze the data.
Greater in number are the recipients who claimed that the school is 0.7-0.9 kilometres away from their home. Majority of the recipients claimed that they complied the 85% of attendance in school.
Majority of the beneficiaries have an income between (P1001-P3000) and most of them are high school graduate.
The level of academic performance of the recipients of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is satisfactory.
Beneficiaries are aware of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). They always use their allowance in education according to its intended purpose.
The level of the awareness of parents/beneficiaries on the utilization of 4Ps allowance has no significant relationship to the academic performance of 4Ps recipients.
Keywords: beneficiaries, recipients, awareness, utilization, academic performance.

I. INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE

The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) that was created by the former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a poverty reduction strategy that provides grants to extremely poor households to improve their health, nutrition and education particularly of children aged 0-14 by providing incentives for poor families to invest in their future by ensuring that mothers and children can avail the free healthcare as well as the free education for children. As such, it is a human development program that invests in the health and education of children. It aims to provide monetary aid to poor beneficiaries with the hope that these investments in human capital would lessen the great financial divide among the haves and the have knots (Fernandez, L., & Olfindo, R., 2011).
This strategy was created due the impact of poverty of the Filipino people. Through this, it is believed that the children, who belong to the poor family, could somehow cope up with the minimum requirements in school. The program provides beneficiaries cash grants of P500.00 a month for health and nutrition expenses and three hundred pesos (P300.00) a month per child for educational expenses. Each child will receive three thousand pesos (P3000.00) for one school year or 10 months or P300.00 / month per child for educational expenses. A maximum of three children per household is allowed. A household with three qualified children could get P1, 400.00 monthly (Department of Social Welfare and Development 2012)

The researchers would like to find out the proper utilization of 4Ps financial aid and pupils’academic performance of Sta. Monica Elementary School and Matahimik-
Bucana Elementary School of Puerto Princesa District II. The researchers would like to find out if the recipients are only complying the 85% attendance without prioritizing their academic performance. This research was conducted to validate the claim that there is no significant relationship between the level of awareness of 4Ps beneficiaries in terms of utilization of allowance and the academic performance of the 4Ps recipients (Basco 2016). This research will help the researchers to further understand the importance of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in the improvement of the academic performance of the recipients. This will also enlighten the beneficiaries on the awareness of the proper utilization of the 4Ps financial aide for the education of their children. The researchers also believed that through this study they can contribute valid and reliable findings for the future researchers and help their beneficiaries as well in the awareness of the program.