NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF BPSU-DC SCHOLAR

This study investigates the needs and challenges of BPSU-DC Scholar. Purposive sampling was used to identify the scholars wherein there were 181 respondents. It was conducted to describe the profile, identify the needs and challenges, the relationship between the profile of the student scholars and the needs, and the propose intervention program. The methods used were frequency count, percentage, arithmetic mean, and Pearson r. Findings revealed that most of the student scholars are Provincial Scholars and high scored need in area of Studies. It is supported by the study of Guimba (2015) mentioned in the study of Gegato (2007) studied the stressors that affect both the academic and personal life of scholars. As being part of the scholarship program, the counterpart responsibility to keep the scholarship status is to maintain the grades where most of the respondents seek on how to manage time and balance between academic and scholar’s duty. Furthermore, there is a significant relationship between the parents’ educational attainment and the needs of the respondents.