• Leo L. Codilla

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• Ariel U. Cubillas

  Author

The study's primary goal is to determine the sustainability of the Gulayan sa Paaralan Program (School Garden) Implementation in the new normal. This includes the extent of practices, problems encountered, and sustainability mechanisms done by the persons involved. The study pursued further to look into the relationship between the extent of practices and the sustainability mechanisms. The findings were utilized to develop an enhancement program. A descriptive research design was employed in the present study. After a thorough inspection, the results were obtained. It was found out that the GPP is still operating in the schools of Butuan City Division which provides a source of organic vegetables to the pupils and the community. However, instead of the pupils, the teachers, parents, and other stakeholders assume responsibility for sustaining the new normal program. The extent of practices except the monitoring and evaluation has a significant relationship with sustainability mechanisms. As the extent of practices tends to go up, the sustainability mechanisms in implementing the GPP will also go up. It was concluded that in this time of the pandemic, efforts to maintain the GPP as an additional food basket for everyone are seen to be sustaining.

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