Evaluation of the Community Outreach Activities of the Selected HEI

The Republic Act 7722 mandates institutions of higher learning to respond to the call for social transformation. This mandate is geared to serve the poorest of the poor, the least privileged, the deprived and the oppressed as cited in Elman (1998). Bidad and Camposano (2010) studied the Community Extension Services of SUCs in Region IX. They believe that community extension program offered by the SUC¿s will primarily boost the security of livelihood, alleviate suffering, reduce illiteracy, improve health and nutrition, create a system of governance that will promote, support and sustain human development and protect and preserve the environment. They further advance that the programs will help the poor by empowering their minds, body and resources, to augment their voice and will make the government attuned to their needs, aspirations that will eventually create a better participation. These empowering endeavors, according to them, will enable good governance increase an opportunity for them to participate in the decision making, institution building, and social life.