PROJECT TULONG ARAL EDUCATION CARAVAN AS AN OUTREACH PROGRAMME FORCOMMUNITY EXPERIENCE AND SERVICE AMONG STUDENTS OF JOSE RIZAL UNIVERSITY

True to its mission in community service and in connecting the intellectual and spiritual selves in understanding experiences of service and advocacy in education, the Community Development Office of Jose Rizal University has extended its outreach programs to the underprivileged communities of the metropolis. Project Tulong Aral Education Caravan is bringing education to the communities. Students of Jose Rizal University are assigned to the communities to teach reading and writing, basic math and technology enabled learning skills. The Community Development Office also distributes school supplies to several barangays during the in several parts of the Philippines in coordination with the local governments of areas identified for school supplies distribution. Computer units, textbooks, educational materials, tools, and paraphernalia are also being distributed. Teacher trainings and workshops are also being conducted to empower teachers in the community to develop holistic educational curriculum. At its heart of community development and community experience is rooted in the belief that all children should have access to health, wellbeing, education, justice and opportunity. Students of Jose Rizal University are being encouraged to live up to the core values of a Rizalian, being responsible, courteous, being considerate towards others, and living in utmost integrity, channeling these values towards community experience in community development and service through education. Values clarification exercises were given to the students and the students of Jose Rizal University are also to develop community service programs as part of their student and campus organizations’ mission and objectives.