$450-M Chinese ODA to fund Cyber Ed project
The proposed mullti-billion-peso Cyber Education Project of the Department of Education will complement and train teachers, not replace them, Education Secretary Jesli Lapus said over the weekend.
Stressing that Cyber Ed seeks to improve delivery of basic education by enhancing student competence and upgrading teacher capabilities, Lapus said the project was never meant to replace teachers. “Teachers are our most important allies in educating our children. Therefore, disinformation that they will be replaced by TV sets are unfair and unfounded,” he stressed.
Using satellite technology, the Cyber Ed project seeks to provide 12 video channels, wireless wide-area networking, and Internet even in remote schools. Its two-way satellite Internet capability also allows students, teachers, and school administrators to access and download instructional materials for learners, teaching aids, modules for teacher training, and general information for research and general knowledge.
The DepEd chief said one of the project highlights – the 15-20 minute “live” class sessions by excellent national master teachers – is being deliberately used by some quarters to sow disinformation and fear among public school teachers. “The ‘live’ teaching sessions are only meant to ensure accuracy of content by reducing or avoiding teacher misconceptions and textbook errors. By no means will these ‘live’ sessions on special topics replace our teachers,” he stressed.
Lapus also appealed to Cyber Ed detractors not to lump the project with the controversial ZTE national broadband deal. “ Please don’t confuse this with the ZTE National Broadband issue. Cyber Ed is different… this project is fully transparent as it was discussed, reviewed, amended, changed in scope so many times before it was approved,” he explained.
He added that the Cyber Ed project is one of the most efficient and cost-effective solutions to mass education problems. Satellite video delivery or satellite TV with two-way Internet capability is a mature and proven technology successfully used for distance education in Mexico, India, Thailand, Korea, Indonesia, and China.
“We are going to use PCs with satellite Internet connection so there will be continuous dialogues in the schools’ multimedia rooms. There will also be a studio in every region so we can go inter-regional. Let us say, the region decides it’s going to have a special tape just for a region like Caraga. They can air something just for Caraga – something just for their dialect. We can do that. They can also go national. The intention is to continue the exchange, upward, diagonal, even horizontal,” Lapus said.
As to concerns that the Cyber Ed project is too technical, he said the project is user-friendly.
During the five-year project lifespan, total investment outlay in Cyber Ed will reach P26.48 billion, composed of $450-million in Chinese official development assistance with counterpart funding from the Philippine government.
Stressing that Cyber Ed seeks to improve delivery of basic education by enhancing student competence and upgrading teacher capabilities, Lapus said the project was never meant to replace teachers. “Teachers are our most important allies in educating our children. Therefore, disinformation that they will be replaced by TV sets are unfair and unfounded,” he stressed.
Using satellite technology, the Cyber Ed project seeks to provide 12 video channels, wireless wide-area networking, and Internet even in remote schools. Its two-way satellite Internet capability also allows students, teachers, and school administrators to access and download instructional materials for learners, teaching aids, modules for teacher training, and general information for research and general knowledge.
The DepEd chief said one of the project highlights – the 15-20 minute “live” class sessions by excellent national master teachers – is being deliberately used by some quarters to sow disinformation and fear among public school teachers. “The ‘live’ teaching sessions are only meant to ensure accuracy of content by reducing or avoiding teacher misconceptions and textbook errors. By no means will these ‘live’ sessions on special topics replace our teachers,” he stressed.
Lapus also appealed to Cyber Ed detractors not to lump the project with the controversial ZTE national broadband deal. “ Please don’t confuse this with the ZTE National Broadband issue. Cyber Ed is different… this project is fully transparent as it was discussed, reviewed, amended, changed in scope so many times before it was approved,” he explained.
He added that the Cyber Ed project is one of the most efficient and cost-effective solutions to mass education problems. Satellite video delivery or satellite TV with two-way Internet capability is a mature and proven technology successfully used for distance education in Mexico, India, Thailand, Korea, Indonesia, and China.
“We are going to use PCs with satellite Internet connection so there will be continuous dialogues in the schools’ multimedia rooms. There will also be a studio in every region so we can go inter-regional. Let us say, the region decides it’s going to have a special tape just for a region like Caraga. They can air something just for Caraga – something just for their dialect. We can do that. They can also go national. The intention is to continue the exchange, upward, diagonal, even horizontal,” Lapus said.
As to concerns that the Cyber Ed project is too technical, he said the project is user-friendly.
During the five-year project lifespan, total investment outlay in Cyber Ed will reach P26.48 billion, composed of $450-million in Chinese official development assistance with counterpart funding from the Philippine government.
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