Grade school students in San Enrique, Valladolid and Pulupandan towns in the fourth district of Negros Occidental yesterday received 5,197 learning tablets from the provincial government.
Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson led the turn-over rites, in the presence of Mayors Jilson Tubillara of San Enrique, Enrique Miravalles of Valladolid, and Miguel Peña of Pulupandan, and officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) Negros Occidental Schools Division Office (SDO).
Project BONG (Bata ang Ona sa Negros) seeks to provide the necessary learning materials for grade school students to have access to online resources to cope with modernization and progressive education, in addition to providing them with quality public education.
It is a collaborative project of the Provincial School Board headed by Lacson, local government units and DepEd-Negros Occidental SDO.
The same learning tablets were previously distributed to students in the towns of Cauayan and Manapla.
Lacson said that there is a need to ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to thrive in this modern world.
“With DepEd’s thrust on resolving basic education challenges, we recognize the exigency for unity of purpose and utmost cooperation among all stakeholders. It is high time to be reminded that education is everybody’s business,” the governor said.
“It is my ardent hope as your governor that you all advance to be confident individuals, responsible citizens, and effective contributors to our community, to our society, and our nation,” he added. ||
