AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A PROGRAM OF THE PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS: BASIS FOR A PROPOSED VALUES FORMATION E-MODULE EXTENDED ABSTRACT TITLE

The study assessed the impact of the College Program of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) at the Camp Sampaguita Medium Security Compound, New Bilibid Prison (NBP), Muntinlupa city for the academic year 2015 to 2016. The findings were used as the basis for the proposed Values-formation E-Module. The researcher, a member of the volunteer instructors inside the New Bilibid Prison, witnessed how education transformed inmates who lost their freedom, dignity down to their will to dream high. This is the essence of why the researcher conducted his study because he wanted to contribute to the betterment of the college program. Furthermore, this study is all about the assessment of the College Program of the BuCor and its impact on the reformation of the inmates The researcher used a mixed-method research design and utilized a self-constructed survey questionnaire and phenomenological approach to assess the impact of the College Program of the BuCor. Both inmate-graduates and faculty assessed the College Program as very good. While in terms of the impact of the Program, the majority of the inmate-graduates view it as excellent in reforming them in terms of emotional, intellectual, social and moral development.