Training Needs Assessment of Coastal Residents of Orani: Basis for Gender-Based Extension Program
This study aimed to determine the training needs assessment of the coastal residents in the (4) four Barangay of Orani, Bataan. The research design employed in this study was the descriptive method. The researcher used a random sampling technique. The respondents of the study were the (100) one hundred coastal residents in Orani, Bataan. The data in this study were obtained using the researcher-made questionnaire intended to determine the profile and training needs of the coastal residents. Frequency, percentage, and weighted mean were the statistical tools used to determine the problems proposed. The findings revealed that the respondents wanted to have a skills and livelihood training program in their respective barangay. The majority of the training needs assessment in terms of skills and livelihood training program wished to have training on automotive technology, food processing, basic cookery, Welding, and candle making respectively. The study also revealed that the coastal residents of the selected barangay in Orani, Bataan agreed to support the programs to be conducted by the institution. It was concluded that the coastal residents need the following training based on the result and it was recommended that the institution find ways to develop and implement a viable gender-based Extension Program for the coastal residents, the personnel or extensionists should also work hand in hand in improving the service of delivery of extension services to target clientele, proper monitoring on the financial practices utilized in the project should be done periodically. An intensive monitoring and assessment should be made to meet the standards set by the government with regards to extension services operation reared the welfare of its client.
