Performance and Daily Bread: An Action Research

Agricultural education teaches students about agriculture skills, food and natural resources. While feeding program is always been important for providing of nutrients and enhancement of academic performance. This study investigated the outcomes of daily bread intervention to learners’ performance in agricultural subject. The study is action research utilize the framework of pre-experimental approach, particularly the pre-test and post- test design. The respondent of the study is the Grade 7 Learners of Daanbantayan National High school. The data were obtained from the learner’s performance in agriculture subject and their body composition. Through presentation, Analysis and interpretation of the data it was determined that the average performance of the learners in agriculture subject increases. While Learners body composition changes from severely wasted to normal body composition. The association between the two variables were analyzed through the body composition specifically the Body mass index (BMI) of the learners. Result showed that the daily bread intervention increases learners’ performance in agriculture subject. It also means that School based feeding program contributed to learners’ performance. Learners are more motivated to be on School daily by the help of the feeding program.