Dear Respondent, Greetings! The undersigned are Fourth Year AB Political Science students of Bicol University College of Social Sciences and Philosophy are currently undertaking a study entitled, Bicol University College of Social Sciences and Philosophy as Viewed by the Community in Albay, as a requirement of the course. The respondents of the said study are the BUCSSP students, parents and alumni in the province of Albay. In view thereof, we would like you to be a respondent of our study. Your cooperation in this endeavor will be highly appreciated and will help in the fulfillment of the research objectives. Rest assured that your answers will be treated with utmost confidentiality. Thank you so much and God speed!
The Researchers
QUESTIONNAIRE Name ________________________________ Sex ________________________________ Community Group _____________________ Age ________________________________
1) Views of the community regarding Bicol University College of Social Sciences and Philosophy A. Direction: Below are statements which reflect the views of the community regarding the programs of Bicol University College of Social Sciences and Philosophy along its three (3) functions. Kindly check (or write C ) on space provided in each item that corresponds to your choice/s.
Instruction
___ 1 Provides affordable yet quality education. ___ 2 Produces highly competitive students in any fields of specialization and provides activities that will enhance their intellectual capacity. ___ 3 Professors exercise outstanding teaching techniques. ___ 4 Produces graduates who lack sufficient knowledge of the course. ___ 5 Courses offered are not enough to cater to the demands of the community. ___ 6 Lack learning equipment and facilities. ___ 7 Produces board topnotchers and placers. ___ 8. Very difficult admission policy. ___9. Sends students to training/conference/symposium to enhance learning process. ___10 Poor information dissemination. Others, please specify __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________
Research ___ 1 Provide opportunities for the researchers to become closer to the community. ___ 2 Researches are made as basis of extension activities of the university. ___ 3 Researches are timely and are made to answer the past and present problems of the community. ___ 4 Irrelevant to educational activities and programs of the university and community. ___ 5. Produces researches that do not cater to the needs of the students as well as the community. ___ 6 Research findings are not applied for practical use. ___ 7 Researches are timely. ___ 8 Insufficient funds that will support research undertaking. ___9 Lack of support from offices to undertake researches. ___10 Researches introduce new sets of information to the community. Others, please specify __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Extension ___ 1 Extension programs provide adequate manpower training for the participants in the community. ___2 Extension programs bring Bicol University College of Social Sciences and Philosophy closer to the community. ___ 3 Extension programs encourage people from both rural and urban areas to interact in the development process and lead to a strong policy implementation in the community ___ 4 Do not recognize community problems which result in inappropriate extension programs.. ___ 5 Extension programs in the community are not well-organized resulting to the lesser participation of the community. ___ 6 Lack of information to the community. ___ 7 Extension programs promote modernization to the countryside. ___ 8 Local extension programs in poor municipalities do not have adequate financial support ___9 . Extension personnel are not tapped in the extension work and are not fairly compensated. ___ 10 Extension goals at times conflict with the behavior of the people. Others, please specify __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________
2. What are your suggestions in sustaining the existing programs of BUCSSP in its three-fold functions? (kindly check or write C ). A. Instruction ___ 1The school must produce more equipment and facilities that will be beneficial to the students. ___2All programs be enhanced and developed equally and the provision of adequate learning facilities. ___ 3 Improve the quality of instruction by providing more enhanced professional trainings. ___4The college must strengthen their motivation in terms of the cultivation of the talents and skills of the students. ___5The college should make students population in classroom be minimized. Others, please specify __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ B. Research ___ 1 Researches must be specifically beneficial to the community group I belong to and should be relevant to the activities and programs of the college and community. ___2. There should be a strong collaboration among the school researchers, practitioners and policy- makers. ___ 3. There must be programs to develop student research skills aside from lectures and thesis-making and proper fund allocation to sustain the needs of the researchers. ___ 4 Improve the system of keeping the thesis journals and other references that can be used in some researches. ___5Make an inventory of all researches must be made at least once a year, to avoid duplication of researches. Others, please specify ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ C. Extension ___ 1.Proper information dissemination always is implemented. ___ 2.Proper allocation of funds for extension programs be maintained. ___ 3.Extension programs must be suited to the need of the community. ___ 4.Continuity in the implementation of extension programs to determine the affectivity of its output. ___5.Proper monitoring of every extension program to ensure that the objectives are properly carried out. Others, please specify
3. Please classify the strengths and weaknesses of the programs of Bicol University College of Social Sciences and Philosophy by writing S on the blank if it pertains to the strength of the College and W if it pertains to its weakness.
A. Instruction __1 Curriculum offered by the College. __2 Expertise of the faculty members __3 Learning equipment and facilities. __4 The content of the curriculum for each course in CSSP. __5 Consistency of subjects taught with the course description.
B. Research __1 Thesis as a requirement for graduating students __2 Relevance of the thesis to educational activities and programs of the university and community __3. Allocation of funds that sustain the needs of the researchers. __4 Application of research findings and the system of keeping record, thesis, journal, and other references that can be used in some researches. __5 Accessibility of the research findings to future researchers
C. Extension __1 Conducting seminars for the out of school youth __2 Programs which recognizes community problems __3 Information dissemination to the community __4 Man power-training for the participants in the community __5 Accessibility of extension programs to the community