A Study on the Academic Performance of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Recipients in a Selected Secondary School Kenichi Sasaki 1 ; Nelson T. Diaz 2 ; Patrick Jann I. Brazal 2 1 Hokkaido University of Education, Japan 2 Los Baños National High School, Philippines Abstract Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is a conditional cash transfer program of the Philippine government and a poverty reduction strategy that provides monthly allowance to the poorest of the poor to improve their health and education particularly of 0-18-year-old children. It provides cash grants to poor households based on the condition of said households increasing their investments in their children’s human capital. It was started by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2008 and continued in massive scale during the Aquino Administration. This study attempts to track the student recipients’ scholastic status based on academic performances in comparison with average attendance, level of progress and achievements and completion rate in a selected high school in the Philippines. Based on this study, 4P’s recipients’ academic performances decreases as they are promoted to higher grades affecting its promotional rate same with the decline of their average attendance as they go to higher grades. Keywords: Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, Conditional cash transfers, Academic performance I. Introduction Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is a conditional cash transfer program of the Philippine government and a poverty reduction strategy that provides monthly allowance to the poorest of the poor to improve their health and education particularly of 0-18-year-old children. It provides cash grants to poor households based on the condition of said households increasing their investments in their children’s human capital. It was started by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2008 and continued in massive scale during the Aquino Administration. Under the 4Ps, the DSWD provides cash grants to beneficiaries consisting of P6,000 a year, or P500 per month, to households for health and nutrition expenses and P3,000 per school year or P300 a month for each child’s educational expenses. A maximum of three children per household is allowed. In order to remain a beneficiary of the 4Ps program, household-recipients need to comply with their co-responsibilities which are 85 percent school attendance. To employ 4P’s program at school-based level, the Municipal Social Welfare Development (MSWD) provides the list of 4Ps recipients to the school every year firstly. And then, the Guidance Office checks the list to identify the recipients who are enrolled in the school. During the opening of school year, there is a general assembly of parents of the students’ recipient together with the school’s administration and the MSWD representatives. In compliance with the government’s effort of promoting quality of life through education, High School and other organizations and agencies are committed to implement the said measure to attain its goal. Monitoring of recipient’s daily attendance is always checked by classroom advisers. The recipients who failed to comply with the required percentage of school attendance is reported to the MSWD by presenting the certified checklist. Constant coordination among the teachers, parents and MSWD is being practiced to track the recipients’ school attendance. This study attempts to track the student recipients’ scholastic status based on academic performances