Five elementary schools in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, received Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosks (Starbooks) from the Department of Science and Technology and the Satoca Agrarian Reform Cooperative, with the ceremonial turnover held in the city’s Schools Division Office Jan. 18.
These stand-alone computerized information kiosks, or e-libraries, will provide the students and the faculty members’ access to science and technology information resources placed in specifically designed “pods” and set in user-friendly interface.
The beneficiaries include the upland Manara Elementary School, where most of the members of the Ata community are studying; the island schools of Matabas ES, Molocaboc II ES, and Molocaboc Integrated School, located in Molocaboc Island; and Suyac Elementary School in the mangrove island of Suyac.
Each Starbook contains hundreds of thousands of digitized science and technology resources in various formats, like text, audio, and video, and an individual can print the information right at the kiosk.
This project of the DOST targets geographically-isolated and economically-challenged communities in the country.
In Sagay, the event was attended by schools division superintendent Marsette Sabbalucca, Councilor Perfecto Marañon, and representatives from the Satoca ARC and DOST-Negros Occidental, the city said in a press release.
Mayor Narciso Javelosa Jr., in his message read by Marañon, expressed his thanks to the DOST provincial office and Satoca ARC for giving this technology to the schools and hopes that it will help them in their endeavors in doing science-related projects and activities.
Sabbaluca said that these e-libraries aim to infuse technology into the classes and instructions in remote schools; she assured that more facilities will be given to schools. ||
