About Extension and Outreach Office

Extension Thrust. The integration of collaborative learning experiences that actively engage participants in problem-solving activities for both the external and internal environments was taken into account.:

The extension service of the college is consistent with the development agenda of the SDG, PDP, and CVRDP to support the development strategies of the region. The university’s coordination and collaboration with other international, national, regional and local governments and NGOs strengthens its extension services thrusts and priorities.

Extension Thrust and Priorities. 

The thematic extension agenda of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) must address major problems in their service areas and sectors. The diversity of HEIs notwithstanding, the extension agenda of HEIs should seriously take into account the following challenges both local and global. 

1. Persistence of poverty. Despite the gains in the economy in the last few years, the persistence of poverty on the national scale is still very obvious. Programs should address poverty in terms of extending services to increase productivity, enhance competencies for employment, increase the profitability of businesses, and rehabilitate the resource base through technology.

2. Increasing incidence of out-of-school youths and diminished quality of basic education and loss of cultural heritage. Elementary and high schools continue to face problems of teacher competencies, learning facilities inadequacies, and student learning handicaps. Lack of competent teachers, lack of facilities and books, high drop-out rates, in-school malnutrition, and poor scholastic achievement are just some of the problems faced by Philippine basic education.

3. Increasing incidence of health and poor quality of health services. Threats to health are increasing and the health service delivery system is strained especially in rural areas and the vulnerable sectors after and disasters.

4. Continuing and accelerated deterioration and increasing threats to the natural resource base and biodiversity. The fishing grounds, agricultural areas, watersheds, and critical habitats have been reduced to the minimum and continued destruction is occurring notwithstanding the many programs initiated by the national government.

5. Climate change-induced threats to agriculture and natural resources. Nowhere has this been demonstrated in the most recent and most devastating typhoon in the history of mankind. The country is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world and climate change-induced threats are increasing. These threats have resulted in massive destruction in agriculture, infrastructure, and the general welfare of the population. HEIs should be at the forefront of efforts to achieve awareness and build resilience to climate change in their service areas.