Digos City Research Articles

Managing the Implementation and Evaluation of the School Reading Program

Aims: Non-reading phenomenon among students is a worldwide problem. This problem continues to balloon despite the various governments’ program. This study was conducted to determine the positive and negative experiences met by the school managers during the implementation and evaluation of the reading program in their respective area.
 Study Design: Qualitative- phenomenology.
 Place and Duration of Study: Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines, School Year 2018-2019.
 Methodology: Purposive; Focus-Group Discussions; Validated Researcher-made questionnaire.
 Results: Nine themes surfaced from the data analysis; implementation of the program; appointment of reading coordinator; amelioration of reading teachers; initiative of school administration; availability of reading materials; involvement in SIP/AIP creation; variations on identified challenges; heartening situations; satisfaction with co-workers and DepEd personnel; and recommendations for improvement.
 Conclusion: Contextualization of the reading program allows learners to connect and interact with the texts. School heads need to be consistent with their policies. They need to involve the teachers concern not only those chosen few because it creates partition and conflict. Teachers’ dedication and initiative to the program is essential; however, school managers need to provide relevant materials for its smooth implementation. Further, success of any program depends on the cooperation among the implementers. Unity and understanding among workers are essential in order to achieve the purpose of any endeavor.

Effectiveness of Strategic Intervention Material in Mathematics as Remediation for Grade 9 Students in Solving Problems Involving Quadratic Functions

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Strategic Intervention Material (SIM) in Mathematics as remediation for Grade 9 students in solving problems involving quadratic functions. The SIM was designed as a remediation tool for students in teaching one of the least learned competencies. It was personally conducted by the researcher in Digos City NHS – Igpit HS Annex, Igpit, Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines during the School Year 2016-2017. A total of 16 Grade 9 students were the respondents of the study. Quasi-experimental design was used. The data were gathered using the researcher-made pretest and posttest. Frequency, relative frequency, mean and standard deviation were used to describe the academic achievement of students in problem solving involving quadratic functions. One-way analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA) was utilized to test if the significant difference existed between the experimental and the control groups. Findings revealed that the proficiency level of Grade 9 students in the posttest when remediated using the SIM was “satisfactory”; while the students remediated with the Grade 9 Learner’s Material was described as “did not meet expectations.” A significant difference in the academic achievement of students on the topic in favor of the experimental group was noted; hence, the Strategic Intervention Material in Mathematics was found effective as a remediation tool for Grade 9 students in solving problems involving quadratic functions. Recommendations were offered.

Identifying suitable sites for pump irrigation system from open source and shallow tube well in selected areas of Davao Del Sur through geographic information system-based water resources assessment

This paper features the Geographic Information System (GIS) in identifying suitable sites for small scale irrigation projects (SSIP) particularly pump irrigation system from open source (PISOs) and shallow tube well (STW) through water resource assessment. The development of GIS-based assessment model for SSIP and resource map in aid of SSIP planning and development is limited in some municipalities. To develop a reliable GIS-base framework, the ArcGIS tool and spatial method was used in compiling specific factors with field analysis and developing regional resource map for SSIP. The results showed that STW in Digos City and Municipality of Hagonoy is 117 units and 17 units respectively. The average water depth in existing STW is within the 6.5 meters with capacity to irrigate 3 to 5 hectares per unit, low investment with high water use efficiency and simple to operate. It was found out that most STW is provided by Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office XI and Local Government Units. The STW is suitable for Digos City with an area of 379.32 hectares. While the PISOS were identified with different range of pump horsepower. There are 10 units of PISOS in Digos City and 15 units in Hagonoy mostly provided by National Irrigation Administration-XI. It was found out that in Digos City the 1,855.53 hectares are highly suitable and 14,377.55 hectares are not suitable for PISOS. The results of this study may assist the decision making processes for planning and development of SSIP using the developed protocol and tools for different purpose in agricultural production in Davao del Sur, Region XI and the whole country.

Organizational Culture and Citizenship Behaviour of the City Government of Digos

Aims: The relative importance of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCB) in organizations is established. Organizational culture has been proven to influence OCB. However, less have studied the interaction of the two organizational variables among local government units. This study intends to describe the city government of Digos’ organizational culture and organizational citizenship behavior and examine the relationship between them. This research also endeavors to investigate the influence of profile variables namely employees’ age, sex, position, department and years of service on the organizational citizenship behavior.
 Study Design: This study adopts the quantitative, non-experimental research design particularly the causal-correlational design. The independent variable is the organizational culture with the dimensions dominant characteristics, employee management, organizational leadership, organizational glue, strategic emphasis and criteria of success. The dependent variable on the other hand is organizational citizenship behavior with the indicators altruism, courtesy, sportsmanship, conscientiousness and civic virtue
 Place and duration of Study: This study was conducted in the City Government of Digos City, Province of Davao del Sur, Region XI, Philippines from the period January 2018 to June 2018.
 Methodology: Two questionnaires were utilized namely the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) and the 25-item organizational citizenship behavior scale. These were administered to 196 employees of the City Hall of Digos. Following the correlational research design, the study made use of the mean, Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and the general linear model as statistical tools to address the objectives of the study.
 Results: For organizational citizenship behavior of the city government of Digos, results indicate that the dimensions namely altruism, courtesy and sportsmanship were found to be high while conscientiousness and civic virtue were found to be very high. Elements of organizational culture had significant correlation with particular dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior. It was found that the dominant characteristic have significant correlation to courtesy. The organizational leadership was also found to significantly correlate with conscientiousness. The employee management culture was also found to significantly correlate with. The strategic emphasis culture also significantly correlates with civic virtue. The criteria for success scenario significantly correlated with altruism. The results of the analysis using the general linear model to identify profile variables that significantly influence the different organizational citizenship behavior indicators. It was found that the employees’ sex had a significant influence of altruism. Courtesy and sportsmanship was significantly influenced by employees’ department and sex. Conscientiousness and civic virtue were affected by employees’ department.
 Conclusion: Prevailing organizational culture of the city government of Digos under the context of dominant characteristics, organizational leadership, management of employees, organizational glue, strategic emphasis and criteria of success were found. The level of organizational behavior was also described as high for the indicator’s altruism, courtesy and sportsmanship, while conscientiousness and civic virtue of the organization were described as very high. Significant relationships also existed among various organizational culture scenarios and indicators of organizational citizenship behavior. Finally, it was found that employees’ sex and department significantly influenced specific indicators of organizational citizenship behavior.

BIOEFFICACY LEVEL OF KAPPAPHYCUS DRIPPINGS AGAINST GOLDEN APPLE SNAIL (Pomacea sp.)

The study was conducted to determine whether Kappaphycus Drippings have its molluscicidal property, which will be used to arrest the life of golden apple snail. This was conducted under the vicinity of Southern Philippines Agri-business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology, Matti, Digos City on February 2014. The study used the Completely Randomized Design with five treatments replicated three times. Treatment 1, treatment 2, treatment 3 and treatment 4 which vary in the amount of Kappaphycus Drippings but they all have the same volume (100ml). Treatment 5 contains the commercial molluscicide that is used to kill golden apple snails. Results of the study showed that the degree of Bioefficacy in terms of treatment 1 to 5 was extremely and very effective. The degree of Bioefficacy of KD concentration implies that pure Kappaphycus Drippings (100ml) without dilution is best in killing the snails. The data also shows that there is a significant difference between the degrees of treatments in killing snails. Furthermore result of the test implies that the second group contains the best treatment in killing the golden apple snail. Moreover, result of the study reveals that there is a significant effect on the use of KD concentration and Niclosamide Ethanolamine Salt against golden apple snail. Future study will determine the chemical properties that enable the agent to arrest golden apple snail. Article DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.20319/mijst.2018.33.349360 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.

Web-Based Agent Incentive System Using Role-based Algorithm with SMS Notification

The study entitled Web-based Agent Incentive System using Role-based Algorithm with SMS notification was designed and developed for networking businesses located at Digos City and beyond the province of Davao del Sur. The study provides an efficient and reliable calculation of incentives to Agent, it also provides proper organization of sales information beneficial for the company. The study was developed according to its five main objectives; first, to develop a Web-based Agent Incentive System using Role-based Algorithm automatically computes the total incentives of a specific agent. Second, to develop a system that sends SMS notification to the Agent containing a reminder that the Agent received incentive. Third, to develop a system that record all the unit/items sold by the agent. Fourth, to develop a system that identifies the top earner Agent. Lastly, Capture the effectiveness of the designed Web-based Agent Incentive System using Role-based Algorithm with SMS notification in terms of; Functionality, Reliability, Usability, Maintainability, Efficiency and Portability. The system was deployed in a free hosting online domain and it is a browser driven application developed using ASP.NET web tool with #.net frame using a visual studio 2012 environment. MYSQL was the database designed for the study. The testing of the project was conducted at Digos City, the application system was rated both by the experts, networking practitioners and students.

Android-based Agricultural Insect Trap Monitoring System Using Solar Panel and Arduino Technology

The project was conducted to monitor the voltage level of the battery and weight of the insect trapped through Desktop Application and Android- based monitoring system. The study used Voltage Sensor and load cell in monitoring the voltage of the battery placed beside the prototype as-well-as the volume of trapped insect. The NRF24L01 was used in sending data and receiving from the voltage sensors to the projects’ server in order to save it to the database. Real-time data gathering of voltage using nRF24l01 has been conducted. The data stored in the server was then used for Graphical Representation using the Android phone for ease of understanding. Wi-Fi was used in order to connect the server and the android phone. Random selections of respondents have been conducted. Twenty (20) respondents having ten (10) representatives from Information Technology Students, five (5) representatives of farmer experts, and (5) five randomly selected representatives from Faculty and Staff of SPAMAST-Digos Campus as a respondent. Overall result of the ratings of evaluation on android-based agricultural insect trap monitoring system using solar panel and Arduino technology was conducted in a farm at Purok 6, Matti, Digos City, owned by Mr. Dominador Gomez Jr., with an area 0.25 hectare. On favourability of the project as it performed well and was proven good has a combined mean of 4.3. This means that majority of the evaluator agreed on the functionality, and reliability of the project. Thus, its usability and the user satisfaction are greatly acknowledged.

Evaluation of Madrasah Education in Elementary Schools of Digos City

This study on evaluation of Madrasah Education in elementary schools of Digos City was conducted to determine the demographic profile of Asatidz, the problems met in their respective Madrasah and their curriculum implementation. To measure the Asatidz competency level in teaching Arabic Language and Islamic Values, the tool used was taken from Curriculum Management Assessment Data culled from the fourth domain of the Philippine National Competency-Based Teacher Standard (NCBTS). The Descriptive-correlational method was used in this study. The results of responses coming from all Asatidz in nine (9) Madaris of Digos City were used in the analysis using the relative frequency, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson r. Results of the study disclosed that there was no significant relationship between the demographic profile of the Asatidz and the extent of their Madrasah curriculum implementation. Also, on the extent of the problems met by the Asatidz and the extent of their Madrasah curriculum implementation did not show a significant relationship. However on educational attainment, there was a highly significant relationship in the implementation of Madrasah curriculum. It is recommended that the DepEd must design policies that will provide more education trainings for Asatidz to become more capable of helping students to acquire the competencies needed to evolve in today‘s society.

Structural Equation Model of Purchase Intention of Online Shoppers in Digos City

This study intended to develop a structural model that characterizes the purchase intention of online shoppers in Digos City. It also sought to investigate whether the exogenous variables composed of attitude towards online shopping, consumer innovativeness and subjective norm have significant causal attribution with purchase intention in the context of online shopping. Descriptive and causal methods were used and primary data were gathered through the use of survey questionnaires distributed to n=200 consumers who have experienced to shop online. In the analysis of the data, weighted mean was used while in the model estimation procedure, structural equation modeling (SEM) was used with six fit indices as guide towards determining the best model of purchase intention of online shoppers. Results revealed a high extent of online shoppers’ attitude towards online shopping, high level of consumer innovativeness and high level of subjective. The overall level purchase intention of online shoppers was found to be high. Structural equation estimation revealed that the best fit model of purchase intention of online shoppers in Digos City is a newly-generated and re-specified model which passed all of the six goodness-of-fit indices, having CMIN/DF less than 3.0, GFI, TLI, CFI greater than 0.90, and RMSEA less than 0.08 with a PCLOSE greater than 0.05.

Disaster Preparedness in Aplaya Coastal Community, Digos City, Philippines

When disasters happen, people are defenseless for disasters cannot be avoided nor predicted even in highly developed countries throughout the world. This study aimed to explore and determine the disaster preparedness of Aplaya, a coastal community in Digos City, Philippines. It focused only on their ways of preparing for disasters and the needs of enhancing their disaster preparedness. Using qualitative phenomenological research design, focus group discussion, and in-depth interviews were conducted with selected residents of the communities in Apalya, Digos City. Results revealed that their ways of preparing for disasters had been through alertness to the community alarm system, participation in drills, adherence to a warning of friends from upland areas and listening to a warning from Community officials. Moreover, the community needs the infrastructure support through the renovation of the dike, active participation of the community members and evacuation center within the community. The implication of this study is for government officials especially those that are incharge of disaster preparedness and relief operation to look into the possibility of organizing communities for active participation during disaster preparedness and relief operation, for the academe to provide the expertise needed for disaster preparedness and for the community to utilize whatever traditional skills and practices that have employed which had been proven effective in preparing for disaster in the past.

Evaluation of Madrasah Education in Elementary Schools of Digos City

This study on evaluation of Madrasah Education in elementary schools of Digos City was conducted to determine the demographic profile of Asatidz, the problems met in their respective Madrasah and their curriculum implementation. To measure the Asatidz competency level in teaching Arabic Language and Islamic Values, the tool used was taken from Curriculum Management Assessment Data culled from the fourth domain of the Philippine National Competency-Based Teacher Standard (NCBTS). The Descriptive-correlational method was used in this study. The results of responses coming from all Asatidz in nine (9) Madaris of Digos City were used in the analysis using the relative frequency, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson r. Results of the study disclosed that there was no significant relationship between the demographic profile of the Asatidz and the extent of their Madrasah curriculum implementation. Also, on the extent of the problems met by the Asatidz and the extent of their Madrasah curriculum implementation did not show a significant relationship. However on educational attainment, there was a highly significant relationship in the implementation of Madrasah curriculum. It is recommended that the DepEd must design policies that will provide more education trainings for Asatidz to become more capable of helping students to acquire the competencies needed to evolve in today‘s society.

A Model of Catholicity for Catholic Schools

Using qualitative and quantitative methods, this study was designed to establish a model of the Catholicity of Catholic Basic schools in Davao Provinces, Philippines. The outputs of focus group discussions were analysed and used to construct the framework of the study and the basis for the survey instrument. The data gathered were subjected to Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) which produced four factors on Catholicity and seven factors for External Factors. The identified factors were loaded into the proposed model and analyzed using Structural Equation Model (SEM). The findings revealed a significant influence of the External Factors to Catholicity affirming the study’s theoretical foundation. All seven observed variables showed positive contribution to External Factors(Latent Variable). Moreover, the findings showed significant contributions of the four observed variables to Catholicity (Latent Variable). Thus, the model measures Catholicity looking at the four observed variables and is further influenced by External Factors measured in terms of the seven observed variables. Based on the SEM findings which were supported by related literature and studies, the model of the Catholicity of Catholic Basic Education Schools in Davao Provinces will help schools remain faithful to their identity and mission as Catholic institutions. Keywords - Basic Education Catholic Culture, Catholicity, Structural Equation Mode, Digos City, Philippines

Using SMS for grassroots health communication in the Philippines

The case: The Barangay Health Center of Dawis in Digos City, Philippines, illustrates information flow in the provision of healthcare services.Its value: This case audits the current communication tools used in the health sector headed by the Department of Health, and how mobile communication is utilised in information delivery in relation to the provision of healthcare services in the grassroots level.

Gleaning, Drying and Marketing Practices of Sea Cucumber in Davao Del Sur, Philippines

Gleaning, drying and marketing practices of sea cucumber in Davao del Sur was conducted to document the local practices, common species gathered and to identify problems along with the adopted practices. Results disclosed that gleaning was done by skin diving with the use of air compressor or hand picking in intertidal reef flats during low tide. Species usually gathered includes Stichopus horrens, Holuthuria scabra, Stichopus hermani, Thelonota anax, Holothuria fuscolgiva, Holothuria fuscopunctata, Bohadschia marmorata and Holothuria whitmaei. Drying process for beche-de-mer production includes washing, evisceration, washing, boiling, soaking in brine solution, smoke drying and sun drying. However, soaking in brine solution was practiced only by processors in the 1st District of the province purposely to extend its shelf-life. Selling was done in "all-in" basis, cash upon delivery and buyers were the one dictating the market price. Flows of dried sea cucumber from processors were through wholesalers coming from Digos City and Davao City and shipped to Manila and Korean markets. Problems identified along with the adopted practices were nonselection as to size utilized for consumption or for sale. Also, problems on poor drying practices, packaging materials used non-utilization of entrails and disposal of waste.