A percepção da comunidade escolar acerca da influência das acções de responsabilidade social da Empresa Cimentos de Moçambique sobre o aproveitamento pedagógico na 3a classe: caso de construções escolares na EPC da pedreira, no distrito de Matutuíne, entre 2019 e 2021

Abstract

International standards and practices advocate that the presence of a business enterprise in a given geographical area should not only serve to exploit local resources and generate wealth for the owners or shareholders, but should also boost the economic and social growth of the communities around it, providing well-being, creating healthy cohabitation and coexistence and preserving the environment, embodying Corporate Social Responsibility. This research was carried out in the district of Matutuíne, in the village of Macassane, and aimed to study the perception of the EPC da Pedreira school community about the influence of the Company's Social Responsibility actions on the environment. of the Cimentos de Moçambique company on the educational achievement of 3rd class pupils, with regard to the construction of school infrastructures. The Cimentos de Moçambique company has its raw material extraction plant for cement production in that district, in the town of Macassane. Macassane and is the largest industrial enterprise there. The EPC da Pedreira was selected as a case study for the research, as it is the only public primary school with a total of 301 pupils, of which 148 are students. 301 pupils, 148 of whom are girls, assisted by 11 teachers. The research used 18 elements as a sample, consisting of a non-probabilistic convenience sample - those who were accessible (Gil, 2008). (Gil, 2008). A qualitative approach was adopted and the data collection techniques and instruments used were a questionnaire survey applied to the teachers at the school in question, and members of the school's management and council. This research concluded that the school community at EPC da Pedreira perceives that the support provided by the company Cimentos de Moçambique, in the context of its Corporate Social Responsibility, is below expectations, arousing a feeling of dissatisfaction among members of the community. With regard to educational achievement in Grade 3, in that primary school and during the period analysed in this research, there was regular growth, which in relation to the school building activities carried out by the Cimentos de Moçambique company, there was some independence between the two variables.(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)