E-Learning

Two years after the government adopted the ?K to 12? program in the education sector, technology-focused school STI formally graduated its pioneering batch of senior high school (SHS) students.

The Technology for Economic Development (Tech4ED) project establishes centers in rural and underserved areas to expand access to ICT services, learning resources, and opportunities for entrepreneurship and employment.

Online e-learning firm 51Talk capped its fourth year of operations in the country with a series of conferences for its home-based online English teachers.

Considered automatic beneficiaries are Grade 10 completers from public schools and those who are Education Service Contracting (ESC) grantees.

After a series of stops in Baguio, Naga, Iloilo, Bacolod, and Cebu, the 21st STI National Youth Convention (NYC) is set to arrive in Manila. From February 1 to 5, 2016, more than 25,000 STIers from Metro Manila and nearby cities will gather at the Aliw and Star Theatres, Star City Complex, Pasay City.

The donation, through the company?s Computer Skills Training Program, is part of its celebration of its 30th anniversary in the Philippines.

During her proclamation as an independent presidential candidate in September, Sen. Grace Poe stressed in her 20-point agenda the need for digitization in the country's educational system.

As of September 2015, there are about 1,400 schools in 165 divisions of the DepEd across the archipelago currently using Quipper.

Starbooks is a stand-alone information source containing thousands of digitized local and foreign science and technology (S&T) resources in various formats with no need for Internet connection.

Students from the Philippines bagged 37 medals and a trophy, including Best in Exploration, to place second overall in the 12th International Mathematics and Science Olympiad for Primary Schools (IMSO) in Pathum Thani, Thailand from Nov. 1-7.