UNIVERSITY OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

Graduate School 1st Semester of SY 2019-2020

Name: Chona G. Escatron

BA 215 - Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility: Caring Today for better Tomorrow

I really commended the Davao Light /Aboitiz for their continued support to the
Department of Education specifically on the implementation of the Senior High School –
Technical Vocational Livelihood Track for being its partner agency.

The e.Lab project is in line with Davao Light and Aboitiz Foundation's support to the Dept. of
Education's TechVoc (Technical Vocational) Courses for the new curriculum called K to 12.
The public schools that offer courses on techvoc like Electrical Installation and Maintenance
(EIM) do not have complete facilities for students’ training. The intervention done by Davao
Light as supported by the Aboitiz Foundation was to address the obvious gap by providing a
fully functional and complete electrical laboratory for the Electrical Installation and
Maintenance Course (EIM) of public high schools. The project involves providing training table
facilities, assessment facilities, information wall and the project will include rewiring and
repainting jobs. The lab is designed to look appealing to the learners with the goal in mind that
it will encourage them to do well in learning the skill. The e.Lab is for the learners who will be
taking up Electrical Installation and Maintenance (EIM) Course. Once they finish and pass the
course, they will be issued by TESDA with a National Certification (NC) 2 and they will be full
pledged electricians. This will provide the new electricians with better opportunities for gainful
employment should they not pursue college yet or they might be encouraged to continue and
take up electrical engineering. The benefits this project provide is not just for individual growth
by acquiring the skills using complete facilities but it also impacts the community since there
will be electricians who would provide service for the community's electrical needs and of
course, this is very good for the Company's business, helping the bottom line. We want to
create a value where we go beyond just mere compliance of a CSR Project and even beyond
the sustainability of the project. A value of an improved life by providing an opportunity for
growth in learning, experience and favorable employment condition. It could be the start of a
good life for the graduate who would eventually provide a better life for his family.
It is a great news for companies already committed to social responsibility. But since so much
of the corporate world has now jumped on the CSR bandwagon.