DepEd

DepEd warned that personnel found selling, pawning, or illegally transferring government-issued laptops could face administrative and criminal charges.

The Department of Education (DepEd) will begin distributing 231,725 laptops to public school teachers on Nov. 9, prioritizing schools that have not received units under its Laptops for Teachers program and teachers without government- or school-issued devices.

Microsoft and the Department of Education (DepEd) have launched programs to train and credential 2,000 public school teachers in AI literacy and help them teach students how to use AI tools safely.

DepEd said it has also formed a task force with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center’s (CICC) child protection units to monitor emerging risks.

DepEd secretary Sonny Angara said the procurement covers 169,008 Mac-based and 62,717 Windows-based laptops. The package includes 3,646 Mac-based units for administrative officers.

At approximately P43,000 per unit, the Apple procurement is worth approximately P7.42 billion.

The Department of Education (DepEd) has been integrated into the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) Unified 911 system, allowing police and education officials to process school emergency reports simultaneously and coordinate responses to incidents such as campus violence and shootings.

The Google AI Educator Series (GES) provides self-paced online modules that take 15 to 45 minutes to complete. The training covers the use of AI tools for classroom instruction, administrative tasks, research, and problem-solving activities.

The Philippines recorded the largest estimated improvement in reading among countries participating in recent Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) cycles, while Filipino students also showed gains in computational problem-solving, the Department of Education (DepEd) said.

The Department of Education (DepEd) and Microsoft are expanding the use of artificial intelligence in Philippine public schools, with the technology company set to provide 1 million teachers access to Microsoft Copilot.