UNIVERSIDAD DE ZAMBOANGA

GRADUATE SCHOOL
ZAMBOANGA CITY

Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4P’s)

“Free Education for All, A Poverty Reduction Challenge”

Department of Social welfare and Development (DSWD)

A community Development research and evaluation of 4P’s

Beneficiaries after Six Years being the Recipient of the
Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Kabasalan, Zamboanga
Sibugay Province

A Community Development Research

Presented to the Faculty of the
Graduate School
For the Degree of Doctor of Education

BY:
ELMA E. GAJOSTA

March 2019
Dedication

I would like to dedicate this qualitative research to the program implementer of

the 4P’s project, for inspiring me in many ways, to my family for the constructive
support for having this research possible.

ELMA E. GAJOSTA
 Acknowledgement

First and foremost, the researcher would like to thank God the Father in
Heaven, His son Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit for the continuing guidance and
protection to the researcher.

The researcher would like to extend her sincere gratitude to her Professor Dr.
Julieto Fernandez for the thorough guidance and imparting the best way of his
knowledge that made this community development research organization and
research writing study possible.

Likewise, the researcher acknowledges the help of the people especially to the
chosen and willing participants who accomplished the survey samples.

To her family and love ones, for the untiring support to her studies and for
inspiring her to upgrade her studies to the Doctorate degree.

ELMA E. GAJOSTA
 “Free Education for All, A Poverty Reduction Challenge”
Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4P’s)

A community Development research and evaluation of 4P’s Beneficiaries after Six

Years being the Recipient of the Program in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay
Province

Cost of the Project: PHP 204,603,700

Duration of the Project: Six Years (2011-2016)

Location of the Project: Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay

Implementing Agency: Department of Social Welfare and Development

Community Involvement:

Community Development Strategy: the beneficiaries

are obliged to comply the condition of the program
and the stakeholders are mandated to monitor and
contribute for the development of the program.
 Abstract:

The world aims that every household of all nations must free from
hunger and poverty; that there would be no vulnerable people seen in its walls
seeking for foods like a beggar in the street. But, how can we manage and address
this life chain story of poverty? The poverty become the gravely powerful problem
from generation to generation that set every lives into danger, trouble, injustices,
malnutrition, abuses, and many other forms of situational arena that brings to
people vulnerable in the face of society, economics, cultural, socio-economic,
religious and etc. The Philippine National Government through the Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) with its foothold stakeholders the
Department of Education (Dep.Ed) tries to answer this life-changing problem. The
education for all or the free education for all as a human capital investment of the
national government through its Pamilyang Pilipino Pantawid Program (4P’s)
hoping for the poverty reduction solution that every nation can benchmark after
having shaken by this poverty arena. The role of education can greatly solve the
problem. Education is a key factor to reduce and prevent global poverty; thus,
many countries around the world begin to realize the importance of education and
are investing in it significantly. Making education available to 100 percent of
people around the world is one way to ensure that poverty declines. The Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is a human development measure of the national
government that provides conditional cash grants to the poorest of the poor, to
improve the health, nutrition, and the education of children aged 0-18. It is
patterned after the conditional cash transfer (CCT) schemes in Latin American and
African countries, which have lifted millions of people around the world from
poverty.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is the lead

government agency of the 4Ps.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 PAGE

TITLE PAGE............................................................................. i
APPROVAL SHEET................................................................... ii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT............................................................... iii
DEDICATION........................................................................... iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................................ v
ABSTRACT............................................................................. vi
LIST OF TABLES..................................................................... vii

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study..........................................

Research Question/Objective of the Study................
Significance of the Study..........................................
Scope and Delimitation of the Study........................

CHAPTER II. METHODOLOGY

Research Design............................................................
Methodology...................................................................
Participants....................................................................
Ethical Consideration....................................................

CHAPTER III. Participants and Their Stories

Case
A............................................................................
Case B...........................................................................

CHAPTER IV. Conclusion and Recommendation

Conclusion.....................................................................
Recommendation.......................................................................

Reference..............................................................................................
APPENDICES (Informed Consent).......................................................
CURRICULUM VITAE…………………………………………………......
 Chapter I:

Introduction

Background of the study

The 4Ps is currently the world’s fourth-largest CCT program based on

population coverage. It complements the government’s other development
priorities such as generating jobs and creating livelihood opportunities for the
poor.

The program has one of the most comprehensive poverty targeting databases in
the world today, covering 75% of the country’s population. It has been used
extensively to identify poor and near-poor beneficiaries for national and local
government programs.

Started in 2007, the government expanded the program in December 2016 to

reach a total of 20 million Filipinos belonging to 4.4 million households. The
program benefits about 20% of the population, the majority of the nation’s poor.

We have currently 9 million children benefiting from the program, 1.9 million of
which are in high school. The program has also achieved almost universal
enrolment for elementary age children of 4Ps households.

Social protection programs, Pantawid included, have cushioned the poor from
the adverse impacts of various shocks the country experienced over the past six
years. A study estimates that the program has led to a poverty reduction of 1.4
percentage points per year or 1.5 million less poor Filipinos.

In the municipality of Kabasalan, Province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the Pantwid

Pamilya Pilipino Program started it number of grantee to about
 The municipality started its number of Pantawid grantee to only 2,502
household in the year 2011 and its increases yearly and about to double the
number in the year 2016 as the program tries to reach out to all the 29 Barangays
of the municipality.

Literature Review

The conditional cash transfer (CCT) program locally known as Pantawid

Pamilya Pilipino Program, or 4Ps, is a government program that provides
conditional cash grants to the poorest of the poor in the Philippines. The program
aims to break the cycle of poverty by keeping children aged 0-18 healthy and in
school, so they can keep away themselves to crimes, let be trained and discipline
so they may have a better future.

The program is implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and

Development, with the Department of Health, the Department of Education and
the National Economic and Development Authority as partners.

Households receive cash grants if children stay in school and get regular health
check-ups, have their growth monitored, and receive vaccines. Pregnant women
must get pre-natal care, with their births attended to by professional health
workers. Parents or guardians are required to participate in monthly community-
based Family Development Sessions to learn about positive child discipline,
disaster preparedness, and women’s rights.

As a stakeholder, the Department of Education (Dep.Ed) is one of the major

footholds of the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4P’s) implemented by the
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The Dep.Ed was
mandated by the Philippine national government to monitor the ingoing and
outgoing performance of all the Day-Care, Elementary, High school, Senior High
School student under its portal whether the certain grantee comply with standard
of the required number of school days present to school and the compliance
verification of each children in regards to their admission to next grade level.
From time to time, the DSWD since year 2011 to 2016 here in the Municipality of
Kabasalan, strictly implemented the said 4P’s program with its goal is to attain the
high level of educational attainment of every Pantawid beneficiaries. Let’s look at
the three most significant ways education prevents poverty.

1. Health. Education benefits people’s health throughout their entire lives, from a
mother’s pre-birth lifestyle to the likelihood of developing diseases later in life.
Women with at least six years of education are more likely to use prenatal
vitamins and other useful tactics during pregnancy, thus reducing the risk of
maternal or infant mortality. Also, the child of an educated mother is twice as
likely to survive to the age of 5 as an uneducated mother. Finally, mothers who
have received an education are 50 percent more likely to vaccinate their children
at early ages than mothers with little or no education.

Later in life, educated people are less likely to contract diseases, particularly
HIV/AIDS. At least 7 million new cases of HIV/AIDS could be prevented if primary
education were universal. Studies show that AIDS spreads twice as fast in women
who have not received an education. In some countries, schooling is considered a
“social vaccine” against HIV infection because girls’ attendance at school is
strongly associated with avoiding the infection.

In general, education increases people’s knowledge of how to live a healthy

lifestyle. Educated people know what kinds of foods are most nutritious, and
therefore are more likely to buy those healthier foods for themselves and their
families. Educated mothers will know how to cook healthy meals for their families.
An education also provides people with knowledge about vaccinations, clean
drinking water and fitness. In most cases, an educated person is a healthy person.

2. Economic Growth

By educating an entire population, economic growth is a natural effect. Studies

show that each extra year of schooling can increase a person’s salary by 10
percent later in life. This means that a country’s GDP can increase by 1 percent
annually by providing education to its entire population. Increasing a country’s
GDP creates innumerable opportunities for trade and development.

Education also creates more people who are ready for the workforce. More workers
in a country means fewer people will be unemployed. Unemployment has a high
correlation with poverty; therefore, by employing more people, a country’s poverty
rate will naturally decrease.

No country in the world has achieved rapid and consistent economic growth
without at least 40 percent of its adult population being literate. Education can
motivate people to become harder workers and can give people the drive to move
up in the workforce. Increasing the literacy rate in a country can drastically
improve economic development.

3. Empowers Women and Girls

Education has proven to benefit women and girls at a higher rate than boys. The
empowerment that girls receive from an education both personally and
economically is unmatched by any other factor. Women who are educated are
usually better decision makers and have higher self-confidence. They are more
knowledgeable about how to care for their families. Studies show that in Kenya, if
female farmers were provided the same amount of education and resources as
male farmers, crop yields could increase 22 percent. This idea can be applied
globally.

Educated women are also more likely to delay marriage and have children when
they are truly ready. This can ensure that the family will be well taken care of
because the mother is prepared for the responsibilities of being a parent. Educated
women have a higher likelihood of preventing their children from dying from
preventable causes.

In poor countries, each additional year of education beyond grades three or four
can provide women with a 20 percent increase in yearly salary. This allows
families to be completely self-sufficient. The satisfaction that comes from a woman
being able to provide for her family is immeasurable.

The 4Ps has dual objectives as the flagship poverty alleviation program of the
Aquino administration: (1)social assistance, giving monetary support to extremely
poor families to respond to their immediate needs; and (2)social
development, breaking the intergenerational poverty cycle by investing in the
health and education of poor children through programs such as: health check-
ups for pregnant women and children aged 0 to 5; deworming of schoolchildren
aged 6 to 14;enrollment of children in daycare, elementary, and secondary
schools; and family development sessions.

The 4Ps also helps the Philippine government fulfill its commitment to the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)—specifically in eradicating extreme
poverty and hunger, in achieving universal primary education, in promoting
gender equality, in reducing child mortality, and in improving maternal health
care.

The 4Ps operates in all the 17 regions in the Philippines, covering 79 provinces,
143 cities, and 1,484 municipalities. Beneficiaries are selected through the
National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), which
identifies who and where the poor are in the country.

In general, the following criteria must be satisfied to become eligible for the
program: (1) Residents of the poorest municipalities, based on 2003 Small Area
Estimates (SAE) of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) (2)
Households whose econosssmic condition is equal to or below the provincial
poverty threshold (2) Households that have children 0-18 years old and/or have a
pregnant woman at the time of assessment (2) Households that agree to meet
conditions specified in the program
As of August 26, 2015, there are 4,353,597 active household-beneficiaries, of
which 570,056 are indigenous households and 217,359 have at least one PWD.
The program also covers 10,235,658 schoolchildren aged 0 to 18, from the total
registered with an average of two to three children per household.

The 4Ps has two types of cash grants that are given out to household-
beneficiaries: (1) health grant: P500 per household every month, or a total of
P6,000 every year (2) education grant: P300 per child every month for ten months,
or a total of P3,000 every year (a household may register a maximum of three
children for the program)

For a household with three children, a household may receive P1,400 every
month, or a total of P15,000 every year for five years, from the two types of cash
grants given to them.

In order to receive the abovementioned subsidies, all the succeeding conditions

must be met by the household-beneficiaries: (2) Pregnant women must avail pre-
and post-natal care, and be attended during childbirth by a trained professional;
(2) Parents or guardians must attend the family development sessions, which
include topics on responsible parenting, health, and nutrition; (3) Children aged 0-
5 must receive regular preventive health check-ups and vaccines; (4) Children
aged 6-14 must receive deworming pills twice a year; and (5) Children-
beneficiaries aged 3-18 must enroll in school, and maintain an attendance of at
least 85% of class days every month.

High compliance rates were recorded for the months of March and April 2015:
99.91% for the deworming of children aged 6-14; 98.99% for school attendance of
children aged 6-14; 98.33% for school attendance of children in daycare aged 3-5;
97.05% for school attendance of children aged 15-18; 95.95% for health visits of
pregnant women and children aged 0-5; and 94.84% for attendance in family
development sessions.

In partnership with the Commission on Higher Education, the Department of

Labor and Employment, and the Philippine Association of State Universities and
Colleges, 4Ps has enrolled 36,003 beneficiaries in state universities and colleges as
of June 2015.

Additionally, in partnership with PhilHealth, 4Ps has covered 4.4 million

beneficiaries under the National Health Insurance Program.

Research Question/Objective of the Study

1. What is the role of the Dep.Ed as partner to the 4P’s program?

2. Why do national government invested that much huge amount of budget to
the 4P’s program?
3. How can be that the free education for all challenge becomes one of the
p0verty reduction solutions?
4. How long it would be to see the result of the project to be justifiable?

Significance of the Study

The national government declared the 4P’s Program as the flagship for poverty
reduction solution made it a human investment driven by a goal to extend a free
education for all by year 2030 thus these study focus on the implementing roles
and program output after 6 years of existence serving poor to the poorest
household in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay. The impact of the program is more
given significant to the testimonies of the successful beneficiaries in their line of
stories how the program uplifted their well-being as a whole. The study also cited
the best role of the EDUCATION in nation-building that if 100% given to the
constituents there would be possibility that after several years it would break the
cycle of poverty.
Scope and Delimitation of the Study

The municipality of Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay has its humble beginning

from just a cluster of Subanen houses scattered throughout the area and more
dominant on what is now Poblacion Kabasalan. The native's main economic
activity then, was farming, fishing and hunting.

Kabasalan has a total of 29 Barangays. Kabasalan is in the Zamboanga

Sibugay province and within Region IX in the Zamboanga Peninsula. To the
Cebuano, wet is "Basa". Some "Kabasaan" or the place that is always wet called
Kabasalan. Later, the people agreed to call the place as Kabasalan as the name of
the place, which was carried unto the present. The truth of the proceeding legend
or the tale is now lost in the abyss of history and only time knows the truth.

The study focused on the performance of the 4P’s program after having six years of
implementing the project. This signifies the evaluation perfectly at the spheres of
one municipality the Municipality of Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay. The target
respondent of this study are the poor household including Pantawid-beneficiary
and Non-pantawid household. The researcher chose this location because she is
working at the area for an about 5 years having been connected with program as
financial analyst and eventually become the municipal roving bookkeeper of
pantawid program assigned in the said location. The researcher also regularly
visit the field monthly to conduct the FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SESSION wherein
the program conducted this session to educate the parents grantees of the child
rearing and the proper nourishment of the children since the developmental stage
from pregnant to birth that program implementer believes that healthy children is
an indicator to a healthy living, that is: healthy living diminishes poverty.

A survey questioner was used to be able to determine actual situation of the

participants in respect to their level of well- being in comparison to their status
from year 2011 to year 2017 after six years of being a recipient of the 4p’s
program. This instrument was carefully evaluated to ensure the validity and
reliability of the result. Survey was done by distributing the questionnaires where
the place of the research is carefully undergone. Convenient sampling is used in
choosing the participants wherein only those who are available and willing to
answer the questionnaires are entertained by the researcher

Operational Definition of Conceptual Terminology

Well-being. The total status of living of the pantawid household plus the
educational attainment of the family as well as their training capability in making
life easier and sustainable in the future.

4P’s Program. This refers to the program implemented by the national

government known as the Pantawid Pilipino Program the Conditional Cash
Transfer or CCT.

Flagship. The first priority project of the national government for poverty
reduction solution.

FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SESSION. This is a monthly session given to the $P’s

beneficiaries to educate the parent of the child rearing and the proper nourishment
of the children since the developmental stage from pregnant to birth that program
implementer believes that healthy children is an indicator to a healthy living, that
is: healthy living diminishes poverty.
 Chapter II

Research Methodology and Community Participation

Cost of Project

This study on the Pantawid Pilipino program implemented by the Department of

Social Welfare and Development with its strong stakeholders the Dep.Ed is
designed to see the current status of the program after its six years of
implementing the project that aiming to give a free education to all grantees. The
said program is worth to study of because the national government spending the
largest budget of the department by means of the grants subsidies to compliance
households.

TABLE 1

The 4P’s Budget for the Municipality of Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay

YEAR BUDGET Yearly Increase

2011 15,263,700
2012 27,569,400 6%
2013 28,411,300 1%
2014 40,789,000 6%
2015 46,230,000 3%
2016 46,340,300
Total 204,603,700 16 %

Table 1 shows the total budget of the municipality of Kabasalan from year 2011 to
2016. The increasing yearly percentage of budget from 2011 to 2016 marked in
the mind of the tax payers who doubted to believe the effectiveness of the program
as a flagship poverty reduction solution program.
To see the performance of the project the researcher decided to investigate and
look-over to made this research possible.

The principal sources of the data in this study came from the actual
observations within main location of the research study the municipality of
Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay and personal interviews with the different
organizations and stakeholders present in the municipality. The researcher spent
most of her research time in residences premises observing the flow of the
participant’s daily life routine. Moreover the qualitative research was being done
after all sources and data gathering are being conceptualized.

Community Participation of the Project

The Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program beneficiaries are objectively selected

through the National Household Targeting System, also known
as Listahanan, which is based from a survey of the physical structure of their
houses, the number of rooms and occupants, their access to running water, and
other factors affecting their living conditions. The role of the community in the
project is the beneficiaries participation in the compliance of the program
condition like sending their children to school, have their regular health check-up
and attending the monthly family development session.

Respondent of the study

The researcher selected equal number of participants both Non-Pantawid

households and Pantawid households to undergo the process of interviews and
answering the sampling questionnaires to comply with the written documents of
data gathering techniques.
Ethical consideration

Informed consent is an essential part of all research endeavours that involve

human participants. The human rights of research participants must be
protected. It is incumbent upon the qualitative researcher to provide a dynamic
informed consent when study outcomes change. The violation of privacy is more
apt to occur with in-depth interviews, which has implications for researchers to
protect human rights throughout data collection, analysis, and dissemination

With the informed consent given ahead to the participants, it was assured the
confidentiality of the information gathered and it was with their consents by the
participant’s case A and Case B that their identity is not confidential. They waved
their right to anonymity because they are very much proud to be interview as part
of the qualitative research.

Chapter III
 Participants and their Stories

CASE A

Name : Lera D. Ventura

Address : Peñaranda, Kabasalan Zamboanga Sibugay

Household I.D# : 098306019-00222732

Birthdate : July 2, 1986

Age : 31

Status : Single

The success of LERA D. VENTURA is remarkable because her potential was

discovered by the communities when she became the parent leader of the MCCT-IP
beneficiary. Before she was just a simple solo parent in her community but now
she was the newly elected IPMR of the Barangay Peñaranda. She becomes the
president of the Indigenous People Women Organization.

“I am living with my beautiful daughter, a 5 years old baby who put me

everything into order.” Lera said. I gave birth with this baby when I was a first
year college student studying Bachelor of Elementary Education at Western
Mindanao State University-Siay External Studies Unit. I did not pursue my
studies because the father of my daughter leaves us after two years of living
together. I conditioned myself and made it strong to face the challenges since
then. I was so lucky that I was chosen as one of the MCCT-IP beneficiary of
Pantawid Pamilya Pillipino Program of Barangay Peñaranda. I got the chances to
avail the Support Services Intervention (SSI) the cash for work. We were task to
work on the Lacnapan-Peñaranda road clearing and manual ditching project. It
was a great help to me and to my family the Salary of the services rendered from
SSI. I spent the money to repair and renovate my house. I bought rubber
seedlings for my land area.” Lera said.

CASE B

NAME : JOVEN C. GANDINGAN

ADDRESS : PUROK 4B NAZARETH, KABASALAN

HOUSEHOLD I.D : 098306017-00164865

DATE OF BIRTH : FEBRUARY 22, 1985

AGE : 32

EDUC. ATTAINMENT : FIRST YEAR HIGH SCHOOL

OCCUPATION : HABAL-HABAL DRIVER

INCOME : PHP 4,500.00

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE : SUBANEN

FAMILY COMPOSITION

NAME RELATIONS AG EDUCATIONA OCCUPATION

HIP E L
ATTAINMENT
HABA-HABAL
DRIVER
JOVEN C. HUSBAND 32 1ST YEAR HS
GANDINGAN
ASSOCIATE IN
COMPUTER
ELIZA E. WIFE 28 HOUSE WIFE
GANDINGAN SCIENCE
VENZINTH E.
GANDINGAN SON 7 GRADE 2 STUDENT

FAMILY BACKGROUND

It was a fine evening where millions of star twinkling in the sky when the two
mortal meets their way Joven and Eliza in a Star City Carnabal of Pagadian City.
Joven Gandingan was a serving at the Carnibal City since he is 12 years old. He
was the operator of the pagoda for about ten years. Joven was just 21 years old at
that time when he meets his Eliza who was a 4 th year high school students
studying at the WMSU-Pagadian. They love each other so much. They decided to
live together in one roof and gave birth to a baby boy named Venzinth. They got
married after the long 10 years of living together just this year 2017. The present
occupation of Joven Gandingan is a driver of “habal-habal” earning an estimated
amount of PHP 4, 500.00 a month. Joven Gandingan is 32 years old. His wife
Eliza is 28 years old now. His wife was a graduate of Associate in Computer
Science from WMSU and she is currently processing her employment back to
abroad. Eliza was been an OFW for 4 years.

SOCIO ECONOMIC CONDITION

The head of the family Joven Gandingan is currently the MCCT-IP parent leader of
Barangay Nazareth. His co-beneficiaries elected him as their parent leader
because the subject Mr. Joven Gandingan was been the model of good social
relation among his neighbourhood and the community of subanen tribes. Even
though he was just a first year high school of his educational level, he continued
to seek skills. He finished the skills training for Small Engine Servicing NCII. His
normal routines of daily life activity suffice that affects and shape the social status
of his family. He made it constantly even in the darkest night he experienced of
being the father of his family when his wife got loss contact with them for about
three years. He standstill to be the strong father and a loyal husband, then
continue his good deeds to support and care for his family both strong social and
economic aspect.

The man of good moral character gradually uplift his life expectancy and
literacy level for his family development until the moment of promising hope by his
strong faith and trust brings about and made his family complete. His wife
returned home with a little savings from her employment abroad. They build their
new house and made it a complete peaceful home with no doubts and worries for
good will always come to those who believed and love the trust, love the faith, and
love the hope. He motivated himself and believed that....”It is really true that love
can make the world go round.”

CURRENT FUNCTIONING OF FAMILY MEMBER

The family is sustaining their life and continue their devotion as an active religious
believer. The Devine guidance from within help them handle challenges in life.
The modelong ama nominee is also an active member of Subanen tribe
association. He continue to empower his fellowmen by showcasing his faith and
trust to the Almighty Father that tomorrow will always be another day, a next day
to embrace the joyful life of surprises and happiness.

Chapter IV

Conclusion and Recommendation

Concussion

Based on the study presented, we can see the improvement on status and well-
being of the households on Case A as well as on Case B before they had been part
of the program compared to their current living. The household A and household B
had not the same story but the weighted impact is that they have progress after
the six years of being partner-beneficiary of the program. We really had seen the
impact of the program. The millions of funds invested to the 4P’s beneficiaries
particularly here in the municipality of Kabasalan are worth it. The stakeholders
had done their job well as contributory to the successfully implementation of the
program. The implementers and all the workers had done their job very well. We
had an estimated poverty reduction impact of 1.4 percentage points per year.
Household heads, spouses, and other adults are more encouraged to work and set
up their own businesses. There are 87% of 4Ps parents are now more optimistic
about their situation and their children’s future. Near universal school enrolment
of elementary age children for 4Ps households (98%). There are 6% higher gross
enrolment rate for beneficiary high school students We had higher spending on
education among 4Ps households (206 Pesos more per school-aged child per
month vs. non-4Ps). And lastly we had a decrease in child labour days (7 days
less a month for 4Ps households)

Recommendation

With the conclusion stated, the researcher recommends the program as the
continuing solution to poverty reduction. The national government investment to
the human capital for free education for all had reached to sustainable
development to the nation-building through its programs implementation and it
should not be stop, therefore these activity is a prolong change to the economy
and development.
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Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program, Disbursement report PY 2017, Municipality of

Kabasalan, Province of Zamboznnga sibuugay, DSWD R-9

Social Welfare Development Indicator (SWDI) reports , Kabasalan Zamboanga

Sibugay

MCCT-IP Cash for work Success Story, Kabasalan Zamboanga Sibugay, Pantawid
Pamilya Pilipino Program

https://borgenproject.org/education-prevents-poverty/

http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/programs/conditional-cash-transfer/

https://senate.gov.ph/lisdata/75556097!.pdf

http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/philippines/brief/faqs-about-the-
pantawid-pamilyang-pilipino-program

https://www.dbm.gov.ph/?p=13956
Appendices

Informed Consent Form

 Qualitative Research on a Case Study of 4P’s Beneficiaries after Six Years being
the Recipient of the Program in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay Province

Universidad De Zamboanga
Free Education for All, A poverty reduction Solution Challenge

Please read this consent document carefully before you decide to participate in
this study.

Purpose of the research study:

To know the role of the Dep.Ed as partner to the 4P’s program.

To examine why national government do invested that much huge amount

of budget to the 4P’s program.

To be informed why the free education for all challenge becomes one of the
p0verty reduction solutions program.

To know how long it would be to see the result of the project to be

justifiable.

What you will be asked to do in the study:

You will be asked to answer survey tool as written answers. You will then be
asked to answer 5 minutes interview. At the conclusion you will be asked to have a
written testimonial note as a proof of your well-being progress.

Time required: 1 hour

Risks and Benefits:

The risks of the study are you will be asked your ample time the chosen
participants should invest time and effort without compensation. The potential
benefits of the study include is you will be given chances to evaluate your status of
well-being after six years of being a recipient of the program. We do not anticipate
that you will benefit directly by participating in this study
 Incentive or Compensation:

There is no extra credit or other incentive for participating; therefore, you will
not be adversely affected in any way if you choose not to participate.

Confidentiality:

Your identity will be kept confidential to the extent provided by law. Your
information will be assigned a code number. The list connecting your name to this
number will be kept in a locked file in the faculty supervisor's office. When the
study is completed and the data have been analyzed, the list will be destroyed.
Your name will not be used in any report or publication.

Voluntary participation:

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. Should you elect to

discontinue participation, any information already collected will be discarded.
There is no penalty or loss of benefit for choosing not to participate.

Right to withdraw from the study:

You have the right to withdraw from the study at any time without
consequence or penalty.

Whom to contact if you have questions about the study:

ELMA E. GAJOSTA of Kabasalan Institute of Technology, Kabasalan,

Zamboanga Sibugay cellular phone number 09126053355.

If you have any questions about your rights as a subject/participant in this

research, or if you feel you have been placed at risk, you may contact Dr
Bashiruddin Ajihil at Universidad De Zamboanga email address:
bash.ajihil@uz.edu.ph.

Agreement:
 If you wish to participate in this study, please sign the form below. A signature
will indicate agreement to participate.

Participant’s Name: (Print) ______________________________________________

Signature ___________________________________ (Date) _________________

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DATA

Name : Elma E. Gajosta

Date of Birth : 29-May-84
Place of Birth : Maco, Davao del Norte
Age : 33 years old
Civil Sta1tus : Married
Religion : Seventh Day Adventist (SDA)
Child : Eljie G. Blancaflor
Parents : Beth H. Endino
: Jorito V. Gajosta
Occupation : Government Employee
 (TESDA-KIT Instructor I)

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Elementary : Guiwan Elementary School, 1993-1999

Payao Zamboanga Sibugay

Secondary : Kabasalan National High School, 1999-2003

Kabasalan Zamboanga Sibugay

Dr. Aurelio Mendoza Memorial Colleges

College : (AMMC) 2003- 2007
Bachelor of Science in Commerce (BSC)
Major in Management Accounting

Graduate Studies : Zamboanga City State Polytechnic College 2013-2014

Professional Education Curriculum (PEC)

Universidad de Zamboanga (UZ) 2009-2016

Master in Business Administration (MBA)

Universidad de Zamboanga (UZ) 2017 to present

Doctor of Education major in Educational
Management (Ed.D)

TRAININGS
 October 2016 - February 2007 On-the-job training
Department of Interior and LocalGovernment
DILG-Provincial Office, Zamboanga Sibugay

June 2012-October 2012 Beauty Care Services NCII (BC NCII)

Tampakan Skills Training Center (TSTC)
Tampakan, South Cotabato

Sept. 11-Sept. 14, 2012 Field Interviewer

Registry System for Basic Sector in Agriculture
Tampakan, South Cotabato

April 2016-June 2016 Trainers Methodology Level I (TMC-I)

Kabasalan Institute of Technology (KIT)
Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay

July 2016-October 2016 Bread and Pastry Production NCII (BPP NCII)
Kabasalan Institute of Technology (KIT)
Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay

ELIGIBILITY

March 29, 2015 Registered Professional Teacher

Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET)

Major in Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE)

Zamboanga City West National High School

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2007-2008 Production Recorder
Permex Producer and Exporter Corporation
Zone 8, Ayala Industrial Estate
Ayala, Zamboanga City

2009-2011 Secretary to the Project Manager

Titan Mining and Energy Corporation (TMEC)
San Jose, Imelda Zamboanga Sibugay

2012 Field Interviewer

Registry System for Basic Sector in Agriculture
Tampakan, South Cotabato

2013-2015 Financial Analysts II

Department of Social Welfare and Development
DSWD-FO IX, Zamboanga City
2018 to
present
2015-2017 Administrative Assistant III Instructor I
Department of Social Welfare and Development
DSWD- FO IX Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay
Technical
Education Skills and Development
Authority (TESDA)
Kabasalan Institute of Technology (KIT)
Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay Province