Sustainability of the College of Arts and Sciences Community Extension Programs in Brgy. Masalipit, Bulacan: Basis for Proposed Enhancement Program

Abstract

Community extension is an important program that is organized by schools in order to help in the development of communities within the areas where the school or any specific learning institution is inhabited. The Arellano University Community Extension & Development Office serves as the outreach and extension arm of the university. Its main objective is to ensure in its adopted community that livelihood programs are existent, flourishing and can very well support families who are not well-off. Because of this, the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) has chosen Barangay Masalipit in Bulacan. This research aims to determine the sustainability of CAS programs so that the people living in this community may be helped in living a decent and dignified life, a life that can someday be given a chance to progress and develop so that they too may be able to help more. It has been found out that most of the CAS programs can be sustainable such as Literacy, Wellness, Environmental, Behavioral programs. This means that the following are sustainable. However, the Legal Awareness and History Society are found to be in a lower rank which means that the program can still be improved or retrofitted.