More than 1,000 computers will be given to public high schools in Central Visayas as part of the Personal Computers for Public High Schools (PCPS) Phase 4 project of the Department of Trade and Industry.
DTI Regional Director Asteria Caberte said that PCPS 4 is a nationwide project of the DTI which provides 11 desktop computers and peripherals to each of the public high school beneficiaries.
Caberte also shared that among the recipient public schools this year include 39 high schools in Bohol, 46 in
She added that the DTI has been spearheading the implementation of the PCPS project since 2001. Phases 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the project have provided computers to 4,139 public high schools nationwide and, thus, reduced the computer backlog in secondary education from 75 percent in 2001 to 37 percent to date.
According to Caberte, the computer package given to each school includes: 11 WiFi ready computers, 1 printer, software bundles such as Windows 7 and Office 2010, AntiVirus, and UPS.
She also said that each school will also be given training on basic computer operation, troubleshooting and preventive maintenance.
The PCPS project aims to respond to the growing challenges of technology among public high schools in the
For schools to qualify for the program, they must not have been recipients of other computerization projects or have not availed of any PC grant from other donors.
Also qualified are newly established schools that are still without computers, big schools with large population, and schools that meet the counterpart requirements like stable supply of electricity, availability of computer laboratory and counterpart facilities like tables and chairs and IT/Lab teacher provision.
The government of
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