European Journal of Open Education and E-learning Studies ISSN: 2501-9120 ISSN-L: 2501-9120 Available on-line at: www.oapub.org/edu Copyright © The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. © 2015 – 2020 Open Access Publishing Group 134 DOI: 10.46827/ejoe.v5i2.3388 Volume 5 │ Issue 2 │ 2020 ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY MODE (ADM) PROGRAM DELIVERY AND PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS Nelson E. Lucero i Arcaflor Maniapao Elementary School, Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines Abstract: Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) of instruction had become an option of schools, parents, and learners to access education. Despite its implementation for several years, research on its delivery and students’ academic performance was not endeavored. Hence, this study was conducted to determine the relationship of Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) program and performance of the students. The respondents of the study were 30 students from nine elementary schools in the Division of Digos, Davao del Sur. Results showed that most of the respondents enrolled in the Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) were male, at age 11, and were laborers. Most of them were low performers. The respondents rated the Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) implementation as moderate. It further revealed that there was no significant difference in the level of implementation of Alternative Delivery Mode in terms of gender and age but it showed significant relationship between the level of implementation of the program and the performance of the students. Intensification of Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) was recommended. Keywords: Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM), performance of students, Arcaflor Maniapao elementary school 1. Introduction Education transforms lives to build peace, eradicate poverty and drive sustainable development (Mochizuki & Fedeeva, 2010; Power & Maclean, 2011; Rieckmann, 2017). Moreover, education is a human right for all throughout life and that access must be matched by quality (Beiter, 2005; Freeman & Staley, 2018; Peters, 2003). Likewise, quality education is the goal of all nations (Bebbington & Unerman, 2018; Siraj-Blatchford et al., 2016; Tekin, 2019). In the Philippines, the government spends so much for the education for its people, gives the highest budgetary priority to education, and make sure that teaching professional is attractive to the best available talents through adequate i Correspondence: nelson.lucero001@deped.gov.ph