Caltex-AFI Global Filipino Schools ICT Classrooms to produce new generation of 21st century students
CALTEX
& AYALA FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP: At the Global Filipino Schools
Program MOA signing, are (seated from left); Raissa Bautista manager
for Policy Government and Public Affairs of Chevron Philippines, Inc.
(CPI), Peter Morris country chairman, CPI, Ruel Maranan president Ayala
Foundation, Inc. (AFI) and Romualdo Katigbak senior director and chief
finance officer, AFI. Standing as witness are; Cherry Ramos PGPA
coordinator, CPI, Joel Gaviola PGPA assistant manager CPI and Margarita
Limcaoco project lead, AFI.
Makati City, Philippines. May 27, 2016.
– Effective school year 2016, at least 3,200 public elementary pupils
from Pandacan in Manila and San Pascual municipality in Batangas will
enjoy learning from well-trained teachers in world-class computer
laboratories.
The
project, called Caltex- AFI Global Filipino Schools ICT Classrooms as
primarily sponsored by Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI), marketer of the
Caltex brand of fuels and lubricants, addresses the need to keep up with
the 21st century education in information, communication and
technology (ICT) by building comprehensive computer laboratories in
public schools.
CPI
is donating nearly Php 8.4 M for the construction of the computer
laboratories, while project partner Ayala Foundation, Inc. (AFI) will
provide management, implementation, and training for at least 50 public
school teachers in Manila and Batangas. The program is also a collaborative effort with Globe Telecom which provides the wi-fi
connectivity and has been spearheading their Global Filipino
Schools since 2012, as well as with the Department of Education who play
a key role in sustainability and implementation.
Project
partners Chevron and AFI believe that ICT education will enable
students to better integrate with society. CPI country chairman Peter
Morris points out, “This activity of supporting the local community
schools is an example of how we like to develop partnerships. In this
case, it is partnerships with the host communities around our most
important facilities.” He added, “We hope this initiative in
conjunction with the Ayala Foundation will specifically enable students
to gain better skills and knowledge to support their educational
pursuits.”
The CALTEX-AFI
Global Filipino Schools ICT Classrooms complement the Department of
Education’s DepEd Computerizing Program (DCP) in integrating ICT for
educational gains. The
program is integrated in the elementary schools’ curriculum. Each
laboratory comes with a total of 24 computers, 10 laptops, projectors
and wi-fi connectivity per school. “With the support of Chevron, we have
chosen to implement 21st century learning at Jacinto Zamora Elementary
School in Pandacan, and at San Pascual Central School in Batangas based
on the criteria required by the program ,” said Ruel Maranan AFI
president.
The
Caltex-AFI Global Filipino Schools program is one of the undertakings
of Chevron’s Energy for Learning Initiative, which supports projects
that provide learning and skills to the disadvantaged.
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