Needs Assessment of the University’s Greening Management Program
This study is a needs assessment of the greening management program which will be implemented as a community extension program in the Basic Education Department of UCLM. The study utilized the descriptive quantitative design using researcher-made questionnaires. Perceptions from students were gathered using a survey form. The study was conducted at the Basic Education Department of UCLM. Two hundred elementary students and two hundred junior high school students were surveyed. For the treatment of the data, frequency, proportion and weighted mean was used.Based on the findings from the Elementary Department, majority of the respondents has not planted in the last 12 months. But they would like to participate in a greening management program. The students would like to do the following: plant vegetables; take care of fruit-bearing tree seedlings; and take care of plants (cultivating, watering, fencing, controlling of pests, weeding and fertilizing). They would like to do gardening activities from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM.For vegetables, they would like to plant talong, sili and monggo. For fruit-bearing plants, they would like to plant mango, avocado and water apple tree. For ornamental plants, they would like to plant rose, gumamela and orchids. Among the junior high school respondents, majority of the respondents were: aware about the issue on climate change; want to become part in the solution of the problem; aware about the greening program; have plants at home; aware that greening management conserves natural resources and the ecosystem; will participate in the greening program; they segregate wastes at home and in the school; have seen students planting in school; aware of organic fertilizers; and are aware of indigenous plants.However, it was worthy to note that the students: were not involved in planting activities in the last 12 months; have not seen their teachers in planting activities in school; and are not aware of permaculture. The students rate the present greening status of the department and the university as good. The students would like to plant calamansi. They can afford to take care two plants. They prefer to take care of their plants from 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM.Based on the findings of the study, the students of the Basic Education Department accept the greening management program and are willing to participate in this program.Keywords: Greening Management Program, Mango, Calamansi, Rose, Organic fertilizers, waste segregationRecommended citation: Amparado, M. A. P., Moralde, K. Y. & Sumalinog, J. A. (2020). Needs Assessment of the University’s Greening Management Program. Cebu Journal of Teacher Education, 1(2), 85-100.