AT LEAST 500 scholars at the City College of Angeles (CCA) will receive laptops donated by the Department of Information and Communications (DICT) to the Angeles City Government.
Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. thanked the DICT for the laptops to be used by the 500 scholars who are taking up Information and Technology course at the city college.
The laptops are still under the property of the CCA and will be returned by the end of the school year.
“Alam naman po natin ang adjustment sa mode ng pag-aaral ngayong pandemya. Kaya naman ginagawan po natin ng paraan upang mapagpatuloy ng ating mga iskolar ang kanilang pag-aaral, lalo na yung mga nasa ganitong klase ng kurso na walang sapat na kagamitan. Thank you, DICT,” Lazatin said.
(We know the adjustments needed with the mode of learning we have now in this time of pandemic. That’s why we are finding ways to help the scholars in their studies, especially those taking up Information and Technology but don’t have the equipment needed. Thank you, DICT.)
He added: “Mayroon naman din pong free Wi-Fi na maaaring magamit ng ating mga students.”
(We have free Wi-Fi that the students can use.)
Lazatin, together with Executive Assistant IV Reina Manuel and CCA president Dr. Frankie Villanueva inspected the laptops delivered to the Mayor’s Office on January 26, 2022.
The distribution of the laptops will follow suit.
Aside from the laptops, the City has already distributed 63,200 tablets for the use of public school teachers, Grades 4 to 12 students, and CCA scholars for their online classes amid the pandemic.
Internet cards were also provided for free Wi-Fi access.
A total of 700 satellite units were installed city-wide for the free Wi-Fi connection, alongside the distribution of internet learning cards to the teachers and students for better internet access.
To date, the CCA has 16 courses available with 3,200 enrolled scholars.