Ten more personal computers were each distributed to three selected public high schools in the province under the "PCs for Public Schools" program of the Department of Trade and Industry in Dumaguete City.

The PCPS which is now on its third phase, is a government program granting PCs complete with printer and peripherals to selected public high schools nationwide. In Oriental Negros, the recipient schools are the Manalongon National High School, Dumaguete City High School, and Canlaon National High School.

The computers will be delivered within the next two weeks and is being done in cooperation with the Department of Education, and the district representatives of the first, second and third congressional districts, as well as the LGUs where the recipient schools are located. So far about 65 public high schools have benefited from the program, receiving a total of 780 computer units.

PCPS is in line with the national government's efforts to significantly increase the educational system's capacity to achieve quality education reform.

DepEd has recently implemented the Cyber Education Project that uses satellite technology to provide an efficient and cost-effective solution to the need to deliver educational services to public elementary and secondary schools throughout the country.

It links these schools to a nationwide network that provides 12 video channels, wireless wide area networking, local area networking and wireless Internet connectivity.

Under this project, a total of 37,794 schools or 90 percent of all public schools nationwide will be connected in the next three years. These schools will receive live broadcasts featuring lectures and presentations from master teachers as well as courses on demand and other valuable resource materials.*RG

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