The Covid-19 outbreak has caused not only economic downturn around the globe, but also educational disruptions, as most governments were forced to close schools to stop the spread of the virus.
Recent data of research firm IDC revealed that of the 2.45 million total personal computer shipments in the Philippines in 2018, 20% or approximately 490,000 units, were shipped by Acer.
Senior high school teams from the Technological Institute of the Philippines-Cubao Campus, Philippine Science High School-Eastern Visayas Campus, and New Era University won the coveted Youth Innovation Prize and P50,000 cash while College of St. John-Roxas nabbed the Acer IOT Award in the recently concluded ?imake.wemake: create. innovate. Collaborate? competition of the Department of Science and Technology ? Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) and Acer Philippines.
