The DepEd announced on Sunday, July 5, that it has secured the backing of the NTC to support television and radio-based learning delivery for the upcoming school year.
The DepEd said that while it is working to improve access of learners and schools to the Internet, online learning is only one option from the menu of learning delivery modalities to be used in the upcoming school year.
Lenovo Philippines has inked a tie-up with Microsoft for a digital transformation initiative on education, specifically for access to e-learning programs.
At a Senate hearing, Sen. Nancy Binay asked DepEd officials whether the agency had conducted school mapping to help identify which areas had the proper infrastructure to adopt new learning modalities such as online learning.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros questioned DepEd's proposal to have teachers enter into loans with GSIS for laptops worth P20,000 or less. The payment of these loans will be debited from the teachers' salaries.
The DOST said it is collaborating with DepEd to enhance STEM learning for elementary and high school students through two radio programs, which will be rolled out in time for the opening of classes this school year.
Sen. Ralph Recto has called for a "1 book to 1 student" ratio in public schools, saying that a complete set of textbooks at home is needed by children to cope with online classes.
The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Master of Public Management Program and the Association of Schools of Public Administration in the Philippines (ASPAP) have teamed up for a webinar series this June 2020.
ANTENA, an EU-led project that focuses on the internationalization of higher education in the Philippines, will conduct an online training on information and communication technologies and an online strategic planning workshop on June 15 to 19 as part of its capacity-building thrust.
