Abstract:
Extension programs and activities are conducted to transform and build communities. It empowers people and alleviates them from poverty and illiteracy. This study aimed to assess the implementation extension programs and services of the Institute of Technology of the Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College along dressmaking, driving, welding, fish and meat processing, baking and pastry production, soap making and capability enhancement and leadership training as a basis for sustainable community development. The descriptive method was used. Responses of the respondents in the questionnaire were validated through an unstructured interview. Descriptive statistics was uses in the analysis of data. Seventeen implementers and one hundred twenty-two beneficiaries were utilized as respondents in the study. The results of the study showed that the extension programs and services of ISPSC-IT are well implemented and the implementers and beneficiaries are well involved. In addition, problems were encountered in the implementation of the programs specifically on the monitoring and evaluation, need analysis prior to the extension programs, and duration of the training program, however, at slightly serious extent. Therefore, the Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College should carry on more extension programs and services and reach out more beneficiaries based on the individual and social needs of the communities for a sustainable development.
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