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Digital Inclusion, Education IT

Govt ICT project to benefit more public schools in the Philippines

By Pia Rufino | 15 April 2011

The Philippine Commission on ICT’s (CICT) programme on ICT curriculum integration will benefit ten more public high schools exceeding the project’s target of 1000 school recipients.

The CICT conducted a project briefing for principals and school representatives of its ten new partner public high schools earlier today.

iSchools project, a flagship project of CICT, has provided internet-abled computer laboratories to 1,000 public high schools and given roughly 19,200 school personnel with IT training.

The programme will benefit 12,000 students from the 10 new school recipients.

Christian Placido Calma, CICT Project Development Officer and the Project Content Development Head told FutureGov Asia Pacific Magazine the savings from the budget allocated for previous project implementation will be used for the additional iSchools rollout.

“Instead of returning the savings, why not use it to reach out to few more schools?, ” said Calma adding that the savings amounted to over Php6.8 million (US$ 157,000).

The CICT has allotted approximately Php 1.1 billion (US$25 million) on the iSchools project since its establishment in 2005.

The new iSchools partner public high schools are: Siargao National College of Science and Technology Lab School, Sibugon Integrated School, Dapdap High School, Magara School of Philippine Craftsmen, Mambusao National High School, Tarlac National High School-Annex, San Isidro High School, Eastern Pangasinan Agricultural College, Estipona National High School, and Calatagan National High School.

These schools have undergone site inspections and evaluations by iSchools’ partner State Universities Colleges to ensure their readiness to house a wireless computer laboratory and subsequently integrate ICT in their curriculum.

Two more slots are available for the additional programme rollout.

In addition to the hardware package of 19 computers, laptop, printer, scanner, and projector, the partner schools will also undergo training in sustainability planning, computer and internet literacy, laboratory and library management, and website development.

The schools will shoulder training expenses as part of their counterpart responsibilities.

Calma said the government’s strategy is to focus its energy on sustaining 1012 school beneficiaries rather than getting more recipient schools.

“We will focus in terms of monitoring, training and the developing content for these schools and then probably if the management will allow, then we’re open to handle more schools,” he added.

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