Schools get power lab from Visayan Electric

CEBU, Philippines — Three schools offering the Senior High course Electrical Installation and Maintenance (EIM) in Metro Cebu received refurbished laboratories under the Aboitiz Foundation and Visayan Electric’s Project E-lab.

These three are the Abellana National School, the Mandaue City Comprehensive National High School, and the Naga City National High School.

In a statement, Visayan Electric said that the project assists public senior high schools that are offering the EIM course in providing adequate facilities for students to better prepare them for employment.

“Visayan Electric is committed to helping the Department of Education in giving the best education to students. Project E-lab is our way of ensuring this. We want you students to have complete facilities so you really learn and you will be ready to join the workforce when you graduate,” said Anton Mari Perdices, Visayan Electric chief operating officer.

The students, their teachers, school administrators, and representatives from the DepEd-Parents-Teachers Association and the barangay where the beneficiary schools are located witnessed the turnover ceremonies of the project, which cost over P1.5 million.

DepEd Mandaue City Education Program Supervisor Dr. Robert Gallardo thanked Visayan Electric for its donation and called on students to take inspiration from the electric utility’s generosity and study hard.

The turnover of the EIM laboratories to the three schools this year brings the Project E-lab beneficiaries in Cebu to four schools. Tisa National High School was Project E-lab’s first beneficiary in 2018.

Aside from Project E-lab, Visayan Electric also upgraded the wiring of public schools within its franchise area to ensure the safety of students and teachers.

To date, the utility has rewired a total of 4,364 classrooms in schools all over its franchise area.

Visayan Electric is the second largest electric utility in the Philippines. It serves the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Talisay, Naga, and the municipalities of Liloan, Consolacion, Minglanilla, and San Fernando. /BRP (FREEMAN)