The PARABOR project, anchored in the Project
“GANAP” of the school, (Gearing-up learners and Accelerating programs of the
school in Nurturing the Academic and life skills Performances of students to
become holistically and globally competitive individual) is a reading
comprehension tutorial program project being proposed by Deborah B. Anselmo
intended to provide tutorial lessons to the students under frustration reading
level in English. This program aimed to help students to: a) improve the
reading ability and comprehension skills of 20 students among 27 who are under
frustration reading level, b) respond correctly to different types of
questions, including literal and inferential questions about the text they have
read and c) raise the MPS to 15% from pretest to post test of the program.
The “PARABOR” is originally an Ilocano word but is also being used by the Tingguian communities. It means “biyaya” in tagalog and in some contexts in English it means blessing and in other usage it emphasizes grace. In this device, “PARABOR” is Priceless collaborative efforts of stakeholders, aiming to improve the Reading comprehension skills and reading Ability of the LNHS students under frustration level by offering and spending 30-minute a week of their time in assisting these identified students in actual Reading.
Among 27 students who underwent tutorial lessons 21 of them improved in reading and comprehension. They can now respond correctly to questions including inferential and literal questions and the MPS of the pretest of the program raised not only to 15% but 32.963% in the posttest. This implies that the program has a positive impact to the participants.
In as much as the proponent felt and perceived the support of the stakeholders to the program it is highly recommended that the project should be sustained. Low performer students in school especially those who are under frustration reading level will be guided and assisted in school in reading and comprehension. The proponent with the help of the other teachers who will be willing to volunteer for the continuation of the activities go hand in hand for the sustainability of the program. The assistance of the proficient students in school as well as the able parents who would like to extend a help will be motivated and be solicited again.
Seeing the appreciation and complacency manifested by the school head and the teachers to the effect of the program the innovation can also be transformed into best practice.