PUSH4SCIENCESCHOOL CARAVAN

EVALUATION REPORTFOR THE PERIOD OF AUGUST 2016 TO MAY 2017

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• is a school-based Strategic Communication Plan that engages

municipalities without S&T scholars through a massive

campaign promoting the DOST-SEI Undergraduate S&T

Scholarship

• consists of an exhibit about the scholarship program, an

inspirational talk by a former scholar from the province or

region, and a booth containing information, education, and

communication (IEC) materials and application forms.

The Push4Science Campaign’s School Caravan ...

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• Promote awareness on the DOST-SEI Undergraduate S&T

Scholarship by engaging the identified municipalities without

examinees in the last three years in various communication

campaigns

• Inspire students to take up science courses in the college level

• Convince qualified students to apply for the Scholarship

Program.

The Push4Science Campaign aims to ...

EVALUATION TOOL

Gathers basic information on students

Measures participants’ rating of the

campaign’s components from 1 to 10

Contains a combination of multiple-

response questions and open-ended

items

Analyzed using Descriptive Method

SUMMARY DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS PER LOCATION

NOTE: Out of the 1,718 total respondents, four (4) failed to indicate their school level.

Location High School College Total

Cebu 831 66 897

Davao 363 32 395

Dumaguete City 0 188 188

Iligan City 0 234 234

Total 1,194 520 1,714

PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION

OF STUDENTS PER LOCATION

NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED

BY SCHOOL LEVEL AND SEX

NOTE: Only 1,714 respondents indicated their region. Only 1,706 stated both their sex and school level.

SexHigh

SchoolCollege Total

Male459

(26.9%)

226

(13.2%)

685

(40.2%)

Female727

(42.6%)

294

(17.2%)

1,021

(59.8%)

Total1,186

(69.5%)

520

(30.5%)

1,706

(100.0%)

Cebu

52%Davao

23%

Dumaguete City

11%

Iligan City

14%

PARTICIPANTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF

THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS

BEFORE THE SCHOOL CARAVAN

SOURCES OF THE PARTICIPANTS’

KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP

PROGRAMS

Oo

55.8%

Hindi

44.2%

1. Alam mo ba ang tungkol sa Scholarship programs ng DOST-SEI bago pa ginanap dito sa

inyong paaralan itong School Caravan?

0.0% 20.0% 40.0%

Poster

Teacher

Kaibigan/Kakilala

Internet

DOST Regional…

Walang Sagot

Iba pa

17.5%

53.2%

45.8%

19.3%

12.9%

1.2%

2.8%

1.1. Kung Oo, saan mo ito nalaman? (Pwede ang higit sa isang sagot.)

PARTICIPANTS’ EVALUATION OF THE SCHOOL CARAVAN

Component Male Female All

1. Mensahe ng exhibit/tarpaulin/posters 8.48 (4) 8.46 (3) 8.47 (3)

2. Istorya at Mensahe ng Scholar-graduate 8.84 (2) 8.96 (2) 8.91 (2)

3. Video presentation ng Scholar-graduate 8.12 (5) 8.10 (5) 8.11 (5)

4. Personal na pagpapaliwanag ng DOST-SEI staff

tungkol sa scholarship programs at proseso ng pag- apply9.23 (1) 9.29 (1) 9.27 (1)

5. Video presentation tungkol sa scholarship programs

at proseso sa pag-apply8.48 (3) 8.37 (4) 8.42 (4)

AVERAGE SCORE FOR EVERY COMPONENT, BY SEX

( ) – Rank

ComponentHigh

SchoolCollege All

1. Mensahe ng exhibit/tarpaulin/posters 8.29 (4) 8.83 (3) 8.47 (3)

2. Istorya at Mensahe ng Scholar-graduate 8.81 (2) 9.12 (2) 8.91 (2)

3. Video presentation ng Scholar-graduate 7.95 (5) 8.27 (5) 8.11 (5)

4. Personal na pagpapaliwanag ng DOST-SEI staff

tungkol sa scholarship programs at proseso ng pag- apply9.18 (1) 9.43 (1) 9.26 (1)

5. Video presentation tungkol sa scholarship programs

at proseso sa pag-apply8.35 (3) 8.50 (4) 8.41 (4)

AVERAGE SCORE FOR EVERY COMPONENT, BY SCHOOL LEVEL

( ) – Rank

AVERAGE SCORE FOR OTHER COMPONENTS

( ) – Number of students

Component Average Rating

Games, “palaro”, raffle, and/or prizes (47) 9.71

Approachability of speakers (19) 10.00

Food/snacks (15) 9.91

Current scholars’ experiences (11) 10.00

Q&A portion (5) 7.80

Scholarship benefits (5) 9.60

PARTICIPANTS’ OVER-ALL RATING OF THE CAMPAIGN

Over-all Rating Frequency Percent

Mahusay 962 77.7%

Lubhang kasiya-siya 124 10.0%

Kasiya-siya 46 3.7%

Sapat/makatarungan 105 8.5%

Hindi sapat 1 0.1%

Total 1,238 100.0%

NOTE: Of the 1,718 total respondents, only 1,296 were asked, and only 1,238 gave an answer.

EFFECT OF THE SCHOOL CARAVANON THE STUDENTS’ COURSE OF INTEREST

EFFECT OF THE SCHOOL CARAVANON THE STUDENTS’ COURSE OF INTEREST

List of Courses Students are Interested in,

Before and After the School Caravan

Course Before After%increase/

decrease

Physics, Chemistry, etc. 17 32 88.2%

Math, Stat, etc. 40 52 30.0%

Computer science, programming, I.T., etc. 162 177 9.3%

Architecture, Engineering, etc. 283 319 12.7%

Life Science - Biology, Zoology, etc. 30 74 146.7%

Healthcare - Medicine, Dentistry, etc. 42 34 -19.0%

Nursing 34 27 -20.6%

Other science-related course 3 9 200.0%

Science Teaching 63 102 61.9%

Math Teaching 35 40 14.3%

Others 635 467 -26.5%

No Answer 397 411 3.5%

Hindi

62%

Walang

Sagot

19%

Oo

19%

4. Ngayong alam mo na ang tungkol sa DOST Scholarship programs,

nagbago ba ang kurso na plano mong kunin sa kolehiyo?

EFFECT OF THE SCHOOL CARAVANON THE STUDENTS’ COURSE OF INTEREST

“Dahil bata pa lang ako pangarap ko na ito”

“Dahil napag-alaman kong saklaw ng DOST Scholarship Program ang kursong kinuha ko”

“Dahil pag nagbago ako ng kurso useless lang ‘yung pinag aralan ko”

“Dahil ito ang kursong kinakailangan ng bansa”

“Dahil kailangan ko pang pagdesisyunan at siguraduhin ang gusto kong kunin na kurso”

“Nahihikayat na sana ako pero sa nalaman ko hindi covered ng DOST ang gusto kong kurso”

“Dahil, sa tingin ko hindi ko kaya ang mga kursong prinomote nila”

Follow up Question to #4 – Kung Hindi nagbago, bakit?

PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPANTS INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR A SCHOLARSHIP

Hindi

10.1%

Walang Sagot

1.3%

Oo

88.6%

5. GUSTO MO BANG MAG-APPLY SA DOST-SEI SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM?

PARTICIPANTS’ REACTIONS REGARDING THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS

Follow up Question to #5 – Kung Oo o Hindi, bakit?

Oo Hindi

“Dahil maganda ang benepisyo na makukuha sa

scholarship at you will be challenged in maintaining

your grade”

“Para may malaking tyansa na makapagtapos”

“Dahil gusto ko makakuha ng trabaho agad-agad

matapos mag-graduate”

“Because I want to lessen the burdens of my parents

and I want to be a productive citizen of our country”

“Gusto kong maging DOST Scholar dahil nais kong

gamitin ang aking kakayahan sa science and

technology sa paraang maaring ikauunlad ng ating

bansa”

x “Dahil may na-apply-an na akong programa”

x “Dahil hindi po sakop ng scholarship ang kurso ko”

x “Hindi ko pa lubusang napagdedesisyunan”

x “Dahil sa kalayuan ng paaralan”

x “Dahil hindi ako interesado”

x “Dahil sa tingin ko hindi iyan bagay para sa akin, dahil

mahina ako sa science at mathematics”

x “Sa tingin ko kasi baka mahirap saka hindi ko kaya”

x “Dahil hindi ako kasali sa top 5 ng aming klase”

x “Baka kasi hindi ko mamaintain grade ko”

PARTICIPANTS’ REACTIONS REGARDING THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS

“Grade maintenance and scholarship exam”

“Ang grade ko po dahil hindi ako kabilang sa

top 5 sa class namin”

“Ang kursong nasimulan na, na hindi inline sa

kursong kanilang iminumungkahi”

“Baka mahirapan ako sa kursong kukunin ko”

“Ang pagkuha ng mga requirements dahil

galing pa kami sa malayong lugar at saka baka

hindi masyadong maatupag sapagkat may

pasok”

“Ang nakikita ko ay ang pagtutol ng aking

pamilya sa aking kurso”

“Malayo sa aming tirahan ang university at may

tyansang hindi payagan ng magulang”

“Siguro financial problem kasi hindi ka naman

makapunta doon kung wala kang pera”

“My social-economic status because they said

if your parent is a government employee hindi

basta basta makapasok”

“Change of interest in the future”

“Katamaran sa pag-review”

“Na kapalit ng scholarship ay magtuturo ako

ng 3 taon”

Open-ended Question # 6 – Ano ang mga nakikita mong magiging hadlang

sa pag-apply sa DOST-SEI Scholarship program?

OTHER COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PARTICIPANTS

“Ang DOST SEI ay isang biyaya samin dahil sila

ang naging inspirasyon sa aming buhay upang

magpatuloy sa aming pangarap na noon ay

imposible”

“Great opportunities for aspiring individuals”

“Ang masasabi ko ay malinaw na malinaw ang

kanilang pagpapaliwanag ng kung ano ang

DOST scholarship at kung ano ang mga

pribilehiyo na pwede naming makuha”

“Ipagpatuloy ang pagpunta sa mga lugar na

mahirap maabutan ng mga impormasyon”

“Mas damihan pa po yung mga magshishare ng

experience para mas ma-inspire pa ang mga

kabataan tulad ko”

“Ipalaganap sa lahat ng media”

“Gumawa ng patalastas tungkol sa DOST SEI”

“Events inviting highschools (eg quiz bee) while may

slight orientation on DOST Scholarship”

“Kailangan mas active sa social media like FB, Twitter,

etc. sa pag post ng mga programa”

“Wala na siguro kasi ang sisipag ng DOST SEI staff

sila pa nga mismo ang pumupunta sa mga paaralan

para ipaalam kung ano ang makukuha mong

benepisyo tungkol sa DOST Scholarship”

Open-ended Question #7 – Ano pa ang masasabi mo o mga mungkahi tungkol dito sa DOST-SEI

School caravan para maipalaganap ang tungkol sa S&T Scholarship programs sa iba’t ibang lugar?

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

CONCLUSIONS

There was an over-all satisfaction among the participants:

Average ratings for the School Caravan’s components garnered average scores of at least 8

out of 10.

The over-all campaign was given the highest rating, “Mahusay”, by 77.7% of those who were

asked.

A good 88.6% stated that they wanted to apply for a scholarship.

Lowest-rated component: Video presentations (8.1 out of 10)

Highest rated components: Personal explanations of DOST-SEI staff regarding the

scholarship program and process (9.3); Story and message of the scholar graduates (8.9)

There was a notable increase of interest in the number of students who wanted to take

up science-related courses after the School Caravan, especially for “other science-related

courses” (200.0% increase, from three (3) students to nine (9) students), Life Science

courses (146.7% increase), Physics-related courses (88.2% increase), and Science teaching

(61.9% increase).

RECOMMENDATIONS

Provide clearer instructions on how to answer and proceed for items that have follow up

questions. (For instance, for question #4, “Ngayong alam mo na ang tungkol sa DOST

Scholarship programs nagbago ba ang kurso na plano mong kunin sa kolehiyo?”, there were

some who answered “Oo” but still gave an answer to “Kung Hindi nagbago, bakit?”, and

otherwise. )

Multiple-response questions may be used in place of open-ended questions.

Personally clarify the questions beforehand to guide the participants in answering the

questions.

Instruct the participants to limit blank answers.

Concerning the evaluation tool (questionnaire) used

RECOMMENDATIONS

Since the students prefer to hear more inspiring stories, and more personal messages, more scholars may be invited in

the future to share their stories.

Visuals and presentations can be made more engaging, entertaining, or interactive, and audience participation can be

inserted in parts of the program.

Utilize word-of-mouth.

Increase number and frequency of social media posts and interactions. Scholars may be encouraged to post their

testimonials on the website and on social media.

Representatives may be sent to take part in career orientations in as many schools as possible.

Emphasize the various benefits received by a scholar when discussing the programs.

Provide activities and testimonials which prove that S&T courses can be fun and easy to understand and teach.

Increase number of satellite offices in locations far from the cities.

Create an online system of application.

Concerning the participants’ evaluation of the School Caravan

THANK YOU!#PUSH4SCIENCE