Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Retail company donates P300M equipment to computer school
WITH its aim to support the school’s thrust of providing affordable quality computer education to students, a local retail company donated P300 million worth of equipment to a computer school.
Gaisano Capital Group of Companies turned over 220 units of 3com networking equipment to Asian College of Technology (ACT) yesterday to provide practical training to students.
Josephus Uy Dy, ACT dean of college of computer studies, said the equipment will help their students gain the knowledge needed.
Henry Gaisano II, Gaisano Capitol Group of Companies president, said he believes in supporting the youth because they are the hope of the industry.
Future
If there is no help extended, “there will be no development (to help them achieve a) bright future,” he said.
He said the equipment from 3com will help provide the school a solid infrastructure in the field of information technology (IT).
Connectivity
Aside from implementing connectivity in the school’s technology network, the new equipment will also serve as an instrument to bridge the gap between the industry and the academe, Cebu City Councilor Rodrigo Abellanosa, ACT president said during his acceptance speech in the turnover ceremony at the ACT Cyber Tower building yesterday.
Abellanosa said the industry’s efforts of providing equipment to the academe will benefit both sectors.
Benefits
The industry will benefit because students will be equipped with the education needed to prepare them for work later, and the students, for their part, will become better IT-trained individuals, thus, “bringing the gap (between the two sectors) closer,” he said.
The equipment were supplied by 3com Philippines, in partnership with the Ng Khai Development Corp. and the Micro Warehouse Cebu.
“There’s a potential market for IT in the Philippines, that’s why we’re heavily investing in the country, to help promote employment to better support the country,” Toby Castillo, 3com Philippines country manager, said, adding that the academe is one of its major markets. (TEP)
