Globe Telecom launches Campus Connect project in Sorsogon schools

Under the project, an initial of three secondary schools both public and private in this fourth class yet booming municipality will be provided with free laptop computers that would form part of the communication system to link the school, students, community and local government unit (LGU), among others for fast and efficient exchanges of information.

The system is equipped with software specially designed for the purpose, Genevieve Cerdiño, Globe?s regional business development manager, said during the launching of the project held at the office of town mayor Ester Hamor.

Through Campus Connect, children or their parents could be reached through their mobile phones by the school administration outside the school campus to relay to them urgent announcements such as suspension of classes during typhoon of flood situations, Cerdiño said.

The system is also capable of connecting the schools with local, regional and national offices of the Department of Education (DepEd) for easy transmittal of information, guidelines and office directives, among others, she explained.

Use of the Globe internet and cellular phone network is also provided free for the project and the telecommunication firm has earmarked over P1 million for this project in this municipality alone which is so far the only one in Sorsogon, Cerdiño said.

In attendance to the simple launching rite were school principals Danilo Perez of Del Carmen Memorial High School (DCMHS) in Brgy. Sta. Cruz and Anastacio Guerrero Jr. of the San Juan High School (SJHS) of Brgy. San Juan, both in Casiguran.

Apart from the schools headed by Perez, the Casiguran Technical School (CTS) and Esteñas Technological High School Foundation, a private educational institution in the municipality are the beneficiaries of the Campus Connect project, Hamor said.

DCMHS, SJHS and CTS were also given cash assistance by Globe as part of its support to the municipal government?s educational program that Guerrero and Perez said would be used in upgrading their school facilities.

?We are impressed by the educational program being implemented by the local government of Casiguran which was started over 10 years ago by then mayor Edwin Hamor and pursued by his wife who replaced him after his completion of a nine-year term,? Cerdiño said

Under the program,Hamor said all the basic needs of school children such as school supplies, uniform, tuition and matriculation fees including transportation to and from their schools are provided the municipal government giving no reason for parents not to send their children to school.

?This program is one of its kind in the country undertaken by a small fourth class municipality motivated by its determination to provide basic education to its children as first step towards a brighter future,? Cerdiño said

Other than the educational program of the municipality, Globe had also extended support to the programs of the Casiguran town government that provides livelihood opportunities for its poor constituents.

Apart from that impressive educational program, the Globe executive said the municipality is also implementing livelihood programs for poor families and ?we are pleased to extend support to this programs as part of the company?s corporate social responsibility?, Cerdiño said.

The support came as training activities provided by experts in livelihood technology and skills transfer to hundreds of beneficiaries particularly women from the municipality who are now using such training in productive projects that give them alternative sources of income, the lady mayor said.

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