Thursday, November 15, 2007

BPSU now involved in iSchools project


Bataan Peninsula State University has been tapped by the CICT to implement the iSchools project in ten (10) public highschools in the provinces of Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Zambales and Olongapo City.

As partner of the CICT, BPSU is tasked to perform community mobilization activities to assess the capability of target high school recipients in terms of availability and adequacy of physical facilities for laboratories. The university shall also ensure that all necessary ICT equipment shall be delivered and the Internet connection is properly installed. The maintenance of these equipment shall be ensured by the MIS staff. Likewise, the University’s pool experts will serve as trainers of high school faculty, administrators and students.

These ICT experts must be able to comply with the standards set by the CICT. Two batches of examinees composed of ICT faculty and personnel have taken and passed the Computer and Internet Literacy course (CILC) Certification. They are Gatherson De Leon and Andrew Valenzuela (from the Institute of Business and Accountancy); Maria Lolita F. Garcia, Marvin G. Sulit and Aristotle Cordova, staff of the Management Information Systems (MIS) Office. The abovementioned will be assigned to conduct the Teacher’s Training on ICT Literacy Program.

Miss Lydia Pinili, MIS Head, serves as the team leader of the project and coordinator to the CICT. The other teams shall be composed of Benjamin Adraneda Jr, Luisa A. Roque, and Eric G. Lopez for Project Management. The web development team is comprised of Lirio Baluyot and Harold Enriquez. The laboratory management shall be managed by Emmanuel Masangcap and Chester dela Rosa.

Director Emmanuel C. Macaraeg of the Operations, Planning and Development Office serves as the Project Consultant.

Through the support of President Delfin O. Magpantay, the iSchools project implementers are very optimistic that they will be able to deliver what is expected of them. They have declared their commitment towards fulfilling the objectives of iSchools. Furthermore, it is also BPSU’s aim to provide empowerment to the community through ICT and iSchools shall serve as a very good avenue to fulfill this goal.

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