College of Teacher Education Community Extension Activities An Impact Assessment

Abstract

Community extension services, as a whole, is one of the trilogy functions of all higher education institutions to augment the needs of the community and other members in the social milieu. The Guimaras State College – College of Teacher Education aims to strengthen two of its four-fold functions, which are instruction and extension, to enable them to provide free access to functional literacy programs among indigent communities. This study assessed the impact of the extension activities of the College of Teacher Education as perceived by the recipients. This descriptive research
was conducted to the 296 recipients of the extension services. The Remedial Reading Programs in Good Shepherds Fold Academy impacted positively the reading skills of all students. The students who were labeled as “needs enhancement”
were advanced to “independent reader” level after the program. With regards to the preservation of historical places in Buenavista, a large number of the respondents are now proud of these places in the community. They are willing to give assistance to promote historical places and are motivated to attend meetings about its preservation and other activities of the barangay. In relation to the Training Workshop on Technical Writing Skills of Barangay Officials, most of the respondents agreed that because of participation to extension program they have received affirmations because of the quality of the documents submitted or created. Moreover, more of the respondents agreed that because of participation to extension program motivate to accomplish task assigned as a secretary, willing to promote the extension activities to GSC to other people, and become independent in working the written reports and documents. Furthermore, in relation to Health Awareness and Clean-up Drive, it revealed that because of the activity majority of the respondents agreed that they maintain the cleanliness of cleaning their house and backyards often. Worth mentioning, majority of the respondents perceived that the extension activities have greatly impacted the lives and the community, in general.