SWEEP, short for Smart Wireless Engineering Education Program, is an industry-academe linkage program with a network of 36 colleges and universities all over the country that offer ECE and IT courses.
In light of the Covid-19 pandemic and the limitation of educational institutions to hold physical classes, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) said it will be offering free online courses to train teachers in online teaching.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said DepEd should increase the capacity of its online-based education for the next school year in the event of a prolonged crisis due to Covid-19, while Sen. Sonny Angara said he will file a bill establishing a Philippine eHealth system.
The educational materials are intended to improve the reading comprehension skills of children. There is also a “Covibook” that provides an opportunity for children, parents and educators to learn more about the pandemic and discuss their feelings in earnest.
The UP projects are primarily designed to alleviate the shortage in supplies of equipment particularly for frontliners including doctors, nurses, and other medical health workers.
Out of the total number of passers, 5,917 qualified as scholars under the RA 7687 Scholarship Program, which provide for academically talented students who belong to economically disadvantaged families; while 3,871 qualified under the DOST-SEI Merit Scholarship Program.
The Junior Level Science Scholarship (JLSS) program is intended for incoming regular third year college students in Academic Year 2020-2021 who are enrolled in priority science and technology courses.
The team of UP Diliman mechanical engineering students Patrick Parone and Hannah Ramos won the ‘Schneider Go Green 2020’ country finals for their project called Kislap, a portable water purifier designed to generate electricity through water evaporation.
As many educational institutions are facing temporary campus closures due to Covid-19, Google Philippines said it is providing distance learning tools, training, and resources to help schools stay connected through G Suite for Education.
