MANKAYAN, Benguet – The Cordillera office of the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) donated eight sets of brand new computers for the local government’s inter-based entrepreneurship program and for the education department’s blended learning for the schoolyear 2020-2021.
Mayor Frenzel A. Ayong said the new sets of computers will be housed in the old municipal library for the use of those students of the online mode of learning and for those who availed of the internet-based entrepreneurship training as part of the efforts of the municipal government to ensure that beneficiaries of the program will have livelihood.
He admitted the new sets of computers is definitely an added boost to the upcoming implementation of the education department’s blended learning and for self-employed residents who availed of the earlier internet-based entrepreneurship program to aggressively advance their activities that can add income for their families through the web-based sales and marketing of their products as part of the efforts in transitioning from the prevailing community quarantine to the normal.
“We are elated that the DICT provided us with the initial sets of computers with printers to help advance the conduct of blended learning among our students and our constituents who want to earn through the internet. We would like to express our gratitude to the DICT for facilitating the provisions of the internet-ready computers that will surely mean a lot for our people,” Mayor Ayong stressed.
Earlier, the municipal government initiated the conduct of training on internet-based entrepreneurship in partnership with the DICT for vulnerable and marginalized sectors for them to be able to earn income even if they will be in their homes.
According to him, the municipal government will continue to make the appropriate representations with the DICT to convince telecommunication companies to improve the connectivity in the municipality so that those living in the remote villages can avail of internet-based services even without going to the town proper.
Mayor Ayong said the used of the computers will be done on a first-come, first-served basis to avoid congestion in the municipal library and to ensure the prevailing minimum health standards, such as the observance of physical distancing, will be strictly observed.
The municipal chief executive expressed optimism the DICT will provide additional sets of computers to the municipality for more users to benefit from these information and communication technology gadgets.
He urged users of the computers to observe extra care and value the importance of protecting the same from damages so that more people may benefit through their studies and business activities that will empower more people to be computer literate in this information and communication technology era. By HENT