{"id":56660,"date":"2023-06-15T11:25:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T03:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=56660"},"modified":"2023-06-15T11:25:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T03:25:10","slug":"pldt-smart-donate-learning-tools-to-deped-samar-reinforcing-inclusive-quality-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2023\/06\/15\/pldt-smart-donate-learning-tools-to-deped-samar-reinforcing-inclusive-quality-education\/","title":{"rendered":"PLDT, Smart donate learning tools to DepEd Samar, reinforcing inclusive quality education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) turned over 10 units of desktop computers to the Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Samar to provide additional learning resources to the Alternative Learning System (ALS) teachers and students in the Municipality of Gandara, Samar.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has been PLDT and Smart\u2019s commitment to support the education sector to help ensure that no Filipino learner gets left behind. We are truly happy to provide these desktop computers to DepEd Samar. We hope that this donation can improve the learning experience of our ALS students, especially the out-of-school youth in Gandara,\u201d said Ivy Calbes, Customer Development Manager at Smart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ALS Samar is among PLDT and Smart\u2019s partner schools that have been implementing the Central Visayan Institute Foundation \u2013 Dynamic Learning Program (CVIF-DLP), a crisis-resilient teaching pedagogy that aims to enhance learners\u2019 academic performance by encouraging independent learning among students through learning activity sheets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These desktop computers were pre-loaded with DLP learning activity sheets and will be deployed to Minda Community Learning Center in Barangay Minda, covering two school districts in Gandara. Earlier this year, PLDT and Smart also donated printers and #LearnSmart kits to help ALS teachers with the connectivity and printing of their learning materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese additional resources will surely help enhance our ALS learners\u2019 comprehension and encourage active participation in their learning sessions, particularly in the delivery of the learning competencies under digital citizenship,\u201d said Faustino M. Tobes, Education Program Supervisor for ALS at DepEd Samar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cOn behalf of the local government of Gandara, we thank PLDT and Smart for this opportunity. Providing quality education to our constituents is one of the LGU\u2019s priorities, and it is encouraging to know that private organizations such as PLDT and Smart are also working to deliver solutions that would make a difference in the lives of our learners,\u201d said Alfredo Delector, Gandara Municipal Administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hybrid ceremonial turnover was also joined by Gandara ALS teachers led by District Supervisor Rowena Delabajan. PLDT and Smart were also represented online by Stakeholder Management Luzon Relations Head Joy Lapuz; Stakeholder Management Visayas Relations Head Marylou Gocotano; and Community Relations Associate Lyslie Ferry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This effort is part of PLDT and Smart\u2019s #NoLearnerLeftBehind advocacy and supports the Group\u2019s commitment to helping the country attain the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal No. 4 on Inclusive Quality Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) turned over 10 units of desktop computers to the Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Samar to provide additional learning resources to the Alternative Learning System (ALS) teachers and students in the Municipality of Gandara, Samar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":56666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[379,343,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-56660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-pldt","tag-smart-communications","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}