THE ONE Meralco Foundation Inc. in partnership with the Department of Education in South Cotabato, has provided electricity to seven public schools in the province through a P3.5 million solar energization project.

DepEd-South Cotabato division superintendent Ruth Estacio said the solar power systems were installed in remote areas in the towns of Tboli and Lake Sebu.

The recipient schools were the Kule Elementary School, Blo Elementary School, Lemkati Elementary School, and Ellaw Elementary School in Tboli and Talaytay Elementary School, Proper Ned Elementary School-Upper Salban Extension and Datu Kahar Macasayon Elementary School in Lake Sebu.

“The project, which started last month, mainly aims to provide stable electricity to the schools to open up more learning opportunities for students or learners. We pushed for this project as we saw that learners can study better in our schools if they have electricity,” Estacio said.

Aside from solar panels and lights, Estacio said OMF will also provide the schools with desktop computers, laptops and television sets. This will allow teachers to give lessons via multimedia and utilize more audio-visual learning materials.