Pratian Technologies, a solutions provider headquarted in India, has brought its skilling and assessment division called SkillAssure in the Philippines to provide need-related training for the local IT workforce. By focusing on connecting its startup customers with an entire ecosystem of digital businesses, the company aims to build its “Vasudhaiva Kutumbukam” or the “world is one family” concept consisting of digital disruptors.
The guidelines cover areas such as online decorum, learning management systems, online productivity platforms, social media, storage of personal data, webcams and recording videos of discussions, and proctoring.
Sen. Grace Poe has urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to heighten crucial partnerships with telcos and the private sector to enable indigent learners...
Under the program, Alibaba Business School’s Global Digital Talent (GDT) team will train the professors of iAcademy with its e-commerce courseware that will be incorporated in iAcademy’s business course subjects.
Nine student groups with mostly tech projects bagged research grants up to P800,000 each as the Department of Science and Technology announced its winners of the Young Innovators’ Program.
Under Bayanihan 2, the P4 billion allocation aims to assist DepEd in putting up ICT and digital infrastructure, the implementation of digital education, and the use of alternative learning modalities, including the printing and delivery of self-learning modules.
Among the guidelines contained in Advisory No. 2020-1 that the Data Privacy Council Education Sector issued recently is that schools must consider getting the consent of the parent or legal guardian of students below 18 years old before webcam-supported online discussions are recorded.
The Department of Education (DepEd) and various local government units (LGUs) all over the country have started to set up various facilities to be used in distance learning in time for the opening of public schools on Oct. 5.
