The Students Grants-in- Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGP-PA) is instituted by the government through CHED in partnership with the DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) and DOLE (Department of Labor and Employment) as a long term mechanism with full commitment to breaking the vicious poverty cycle afflicting the poor but deserving Filipino youth and their families.
Specifically, SGP-PA aims to break the vicious cycle of poverty afflicting the poor but deserving Filipino youths and their families, increase the number of graduates in higher education among poor households, enable these graduates to attain employment in high-value added occupations, uplift their family’s standard of living, and contribute productively to national development.
PNU AS PARTNER SUC
As one of the Centers of Excellence in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Philippine Normal University was identified by CHED as partner in the Scholarship Grant-in- Aid Program (SGP-PA). PNU envisions nurturing innovative teachers who are committed to excellence and leadership. Thus through the SGP-PA, the University continues a tradition of reaching out to impoverished but deserving students who dream of becoming teachers someday.
Sixty-four (64) young people dared to dream. High school graduates from classified poor households from the National Capital Region (54 grantees) and Region IV-B (10 grantees), study under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the DSWD to pursue a degree in Education at PNU. Most of them came from families whose monthly family income ranges from 2,000 to 6,000 pesos (75%), and only 25% have a monthly income of more than 7,000 to 10,000 pesos.
Their father’s occupation are construction workers (53.70%), pedicab and jeepney drivers ( 16.67%), some are farmers and fishermen (11%), security guard (9%) and the rest do not have work. On the other hand, most mothers are housewives ( 87%) and a few are vendors (12.96).
Their father’s occupation are construction workers (53.70%), pedicab and jeepney drivers ( 16.67%), some are farmers and fishermen (11%), security guard (9%) and the rest do not have work. On the other hand, most mothers are housewives ( 87%) and a few are vendors (12.96).
Of the 64 grantees (19 males and 45 females), six (1 male and 5 females) were qualified to enroll as regular students, fifty-four (17 males and 37 females) attended the bridging program, and four (1 male and 3 females) dropped from the program.
…Who they are
Intelligence Profile
Most of the students (32%) have an average intelligence as measured by Culture Fair Test. There were also separate clusters of borderline (29%) and below average (27%). The above average cluster is (5%), and 2% of the class has superior intelligence.
Personality Profile
The first batch of of SGP-PA evidently strives for excellence including neatness in work and self, regardless whether it involves routinary tasks. The result may also signify that these students can easily be aroused to emotions while maintaining composure and likely to be obedient to other people’s demand as revealed by a high percentile score in Pagkamasikap, Pagkamaramdamin, Pagkamasunurin, Pagkamatulungin, Pagkamaayos, Pagkamahinahon, Pagkamatiyaga as measured by Panukat ng Pagpapakatao. However, they scored low in Pagkamatalino, Pagkamagalang, Pagpapakumbaba, and Pagkaresponsable.
The majority of the scholars are digital learners (43.75%). They listen to reason and logic. Others are kinesthetic learners (28.13%) who tend to communicate their feelings to others. About (12%) of the students are auditory learners. They are more sensitive to what they hear around them and learn best when they listen. Only 6.25 % are visual learners who mostly use their eyes to appreciate the world and they tend to communicate by making people see their views.
A brighter future awaits