CY 2006 - DTI deployment of PCs under PCPS3 (August-September)

The PCs for Public Schools Project is handled by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in collaboration with the Department of Education, Department of Science and Technology, and private institutions for the technical aspect.

"Each recipient school received 10 computers complete with peripherals and LAN connections. We started the equipment deployment last month and have successfully finished just last Sep.4. This is really of great help to our young learners to be updated in this age of fast-paced Information Technology (IT)," said DTI Cebu Project Management division chief Elias Tecson.

In Central Visayas, around 97 public high schools in the four provinces were identified to be recipients of the Phase 3 project. Each school in the region will receive 10 computers complete with peripherals and LAN connections. These are Bohol - 27, Cebu - 43, Negros Oriental -22, Siquijor - 5.

Trainings for the teachers will be made available by the Department of Education while testing of software and units will be handled by the Department of Science and Technology.


PCPS 3 recipient schools Medellin National High School and Curva National High School.

Cebu Provincial Governor Gwendolyn Garcia and DTI Cebu- PMD chief Elias Tecson take the lead in the turnover ceremony, together with (back) Mayor Manresa Lim, Hon. Mondigo, Ms. Nenita Loreto, School principal of Medellin National High school and Joselyn Conta, DepEd Cebu ICT Coordinator.


PCPS3 Recipient School Colonia National High School in Tuburan



Tuburan Mayor Rosemarie Suezo (4th from left) and DTI Cebu-PMD Chief Elias Tecson take the lead in the turnover ceremony together with PCPS3 team member Marco Apiag and school principal Mrs Corazon Codinera.





PCPS 3 recipient school Alcantara National High School.

Alcantara Mayor Benjamin Lobitana (in stripe polo shirt) and DTI Cebu-PMD Chief Elias Tecson take the lead in the turnover ceremony together with DTI PCPS3 deployment team member Toto Gamil Jr. and school principal Mrs. Clara Yosores.


PCPS3 recipient school Talisay City National High School.


Talisay City mayor Socrates Fernandez (3rd from left) and DTI Cebu-PMD Chief Elias Tecson take the lead in the turnover ceremony together with PCPS3 deployment team member Marco Apiag, school superinetndent of Talisay City Dr. Carmelita Dulagon and schol principal Mrs. Panilagao.



PCPS3 recipient schools Bulak National High School and Dumanjug National High School.

Dumanjug mayor Cesar Baricuatro and DTI Cebu- PMD chief Elias Tecson take the lead in the turnover ceremony together with PCPS3 Deployment team member Marc Aristotle Cabagnot, school principal of Dumanjug National High School Romeo Mejia and DepEd Cebu ICT coordinator Rey Gonzales.




PCPS3 recipient school Boljoon National High School.


Boljoon mayor Deogenes Derama of Boljoon (3rd from left) and DTI Cebu-PMD chief Elias Tecson take the lead in the turnover ceremony together with DepEd Cebu ICT coordinator Rey Gonzales, School principal Alicia Beduya, DepEd Cebu ICT coordinator Jocelyn Conta and PCPS3 Deployment team member Marc Aristotle Cabagnot.


DTI Central Visayas regional director Asteria Caberte emphasized the need to be competitive in Information Technology to meet the demands of the global market. With DTI's PCPS 3 project, more schools will be upgraded with IT and more students and teachers will be empowered.

The PCPS 3 project is an off-shoot of PCPS project initiated by former DTI Secretary and now Senator Mar Roxas. Roxas secured an initial fund of P600 million from an Official Development Assistance (ODA) from the Government of Japan through the Non-Project Grant Assistance Facility. The project was a success that it was replicated under the stewardship of DTI Secretary Peter B. Favila.

With the computer laboratory and computer education course being implemented by the DepEd, 500,000 high school students were empowered and 24,389 school-based teachers were trained on computer use nationwide.

These lead to the Development of IT Competencies for both students and teachers. PCPS schools, teachers and students have actively participated and won awards in local and international IT-related contests such as DepEd's Students Technology and Entrepreneurs of the Philippines (Step), Microsoft's Innovative Teachers' Award, and International Cyber Awards.

The teachers and students have also demonstrated competencies in the use of computers for both academic and extra curricular activities such as lesson plans, research, school publications, administrative tasks, and records management.

The schools now serve as Community IT Learning and Resource Center wherein IT training and computing services are offered in the community. The computers in the schools are also used as a tool for Community Resource Mobilization.

The delivery of PC units under the PCPS phase 3 is set simultaneously with the installation and preparation of computer laboratories in July this year.