Batangas representative Gerville Luistro expressed concern over DepEd's zero-percent accomplishment rates for both current and continuing appropriations meant for eLearning, smart TVs, and laptops.
The agencies signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) designed to create awareness and interest among the youth about the industrial sector, particularly in the IT industry.
As reported by vpnMentor earlier this week, cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered a non-password protected cloud storage database involving Filipino students and parents that contained 210,020 records, with a total size of 153.76 gigabytes.
Samsung Philippines is ramping up its efforts to support young Filipino innovators through the launch of its globally recognized educational program, "Solve for Tomorrow".
Tech giant Microsoft has recently expanded the capabilities of its Reading Progress tool to include the Filipino language, which is now available to the 27 million students and 950,000 teachers within the Department of Education’s (DepEd) nationwide system.
It may be recalled that the cost per unit of the laptops procured by the Department of Education through the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) was P58,300, revealing that the purchased laptops were more than P30,000 above the discovered original price.