2. Restructured Basic Education Curriculum -which aimed to implement an interactive curriculum -aimed to integrate technology in instruction and in education, with great emphasis on computer literacy

3. The Act of 1998 (R.A. 8525) -Adopt – A – School Program Act -passed to generate participation of companies and to engage the private sectors -to upgrade and modernize public schools, especially in the provinces

4. The Act of 1998 (R.A. 8525) - The program led to 110 public high schools receiving computers in 1996 under the DOST Engineering Science Education Project (ESEP) An additional 68 public high schools were recipients under the DOST Computer Literacy Program.

5. The Act of 1998 (R.A. 8525) - DOST continues to allocate PHP 20,000,000 (US$ 400,000) to support buying computers in school. - In 2002 and 2003, 125 public high schools were to be provided with 10 to 15 computers along with the corresponding teacher training programs.

6. Technology Centers - each regions were set up as centers of excellence in information technology, crossing traditional boundaries, were established in order to focus on the needs of a greater number of learners

7. Teacher Training - also a component that was focused on funds were provided by the Philippine government for the first year of operation - local government units were expected to continue the funding and maintenance

8. Department of Education - has come up with programs to improve ICT education through streamline data collection - laid down rules and procedures that schools may follow to enhance ICT Education in the country

9. Department of Education Programs Learners' Information Systems (LIS) Enhanced Basic Education Information Systems (EBEIS) - to help in the data gathering for current enrollees and available facilities in schools respectively

10. Department of Education Programs Learning Resources Management and Development System (LRDMS) - implemented in order to support increased distribution and access to learning and teaching resources

11. Department of Education Programs DepEd Computerization Program (DCP) - was implemented to help schools participate in ICT-related programs

12. Learners' Information System (LIS) - an online facility implemented by DepEd that records all registered students in public schools - This program was able to optimize collecting data of registered public students and reduced the data collection time from 10 months to 3 months

13. For public school personnels 1. the school principal and ICT coordinator shall be in charge of distributing user accounts to advisers to their appropriate sections. 2. The homeroom adviser shall enroll all their registered students to their section. 3. Incoming students for kindergarten and grade 1 students shall be issued new Learners Registration Number (LRN) by the system.

14. For public school personnels 4. For transferees from private schools, and other pupils enrolled but do not have LRN after checking the database shall be enrolled by the adviser into the LIS and submit their supporting documents to the Division Planning Unit (DPU). 5. The DPU shall approve the issuance of a new LRN to a learner after documents have been checked and the learner does not have an existing LRN. 6. Homeroom advisers shall update all learners’ data at the beginning of every school year.

15. For Private School Personnel 1.Uses a separate form and link for submission. 2.TheDepEd Central Office shall build up the initial registry of all private school learners in the LIS but all succeeding updates of the master list will be done online through LIS online facility. 3.The DepEd Central Office shall build up the initial registry of all private school learners in the LIS but all succeeding updates of the master list will be done online through the LIS online facility.

16. Enhanced Basic Education Information System (EBEIS) - the data gathering program implemented by the DepEd that records the school’s profile, and list of official enrollments from LIS.

17. For Government Elementary & Secondary School Profile Pupil Data and Student Data Existing Number of Instructional Rooms in the School by Status Number of Teachers by Teaching Assignment and by Year Level (GSSP only).

18. Learning Resources Management and Development System (LRMDS) - an online library created by international education partners and teachers - a web-based catalogue and online repository of learning, teaching and professional-development resources.

19. Learning Resources Management and Development System (LRMDS) It includes the following: 1.information on quantity, quality, and location of textbooks and supplementary materials, and other teaching-learning resources; 2.access to learning, teaching, and professional development resources in digital format; 3.and standards, specifications, and guidelines for four (4) subsystems.

20. Four (4) Subsystems (1) Assessment and Evaluation; (2) Development, Acquisition, and Production; (3) Storage and Maintenance; and (4) Publication and Delivery

21. DepEd Computerization Program (DCP) - implemented to help supply the schools to be ready for training its students in basic ICT programs - contains two (2) packages which contain models for a computer lab and an e-classroom. These models will be used in training the students in basic ICT programs in school. For schools with large enrollments, the following criteria will be followed: minimum of one-hundred fifty terminals (150) for 9,000 enrollees, fifty to one-hundred (50-100) terminals for enrollees between 5000-8999 and fifty (50) terminals for 2000-4999 enrollees.

22. For schools with large enrollments, the following criteria will be followed: (150) terminals - 9,000 enrollees (50-100) terminals - between 5000-8999 enrollees fifty (50) terminals - 2000-4999 enrollees

23. To be recipients of the DCP, public schools must have: 1.a stable and continuous supply of electricity preferably with telephone facilities; 2.at least one teacher assigned to handle Computer Education classes, to manage the computer laboratory and willing to be trained on lab management; 3.at least one teacher of each English, Science, and Math who are willing to be trained on pedagogy-technology to echo training to their colleagues;

24. 4. capacity to mobilize counterpart support from other stakeholders in the community for needed structures or facilities; 5.never been recipient of computer from other similar government programs unless the equipment are due for replacement and augmentation; 6.and strong partnership with other stakeholders to ensure sustainability of the program.

25. The Computer Lab Model shall include the following: 1.11 Desktop PCs 2.1 Wireless Broadband Router 3.11 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) 4.1 3-in-1 Inkjet Printer 5.a set of face to face lecture and hands-on training basic software and hardware installation

26. The E-Classroom Model shall include the following: 1.1 Host PC, 6 - 17 inch LCD Monitor, 2.6 Keyboards and Mouse, 3.2 Desktop Virtualization Kit using shared computing technology, 4.1 UPS, 1 Interactive Whiteboard, 5.1 3-in-1 Inkjet Printer, 6.1 LCD Projector, 7.a set of face to face lecture and hands-on training for all equipments mentioned.

27. DepEd Partnership Programs Some notable external efforts also supported by DepEd would be: 1.the PCs for Public Schools Project, 2.Partners in Learning (PIL) IT Academy Laboratories, 3.Discounted PCs for Public School Teachers

28. The PCs for Public Schools - a PHP 600 million yearly grant from the Japanese Government through DTI consisting of a package of 20 stand-alone computers per recipient school. - the computer package shall be used solely for instructional purposes. - the funds for maintenance, operating needs and other budgetary costs shall be ensured by recipient schools with local government units (LGUs), non- government organizations (NGOs), and/or the private sector.

29. Partners in Learning (PIL) IT Academy Laboratories - a DepEd project in partnership with Microsoft Philippines. - a global initiative for education to improve student performance through the integration of ICT in teaching and learning process. - Grants have been provided to teachers in order to support ICT pilot projects. - This program focuses on educating the teachers who will be introducing ICT to the current curriculum.

30. Factors that affect ICT implementation 1. Instructors’ Characteristics 2. E-learning Environment 3. Institution and Service Quality 4. Infrastructure and System Quality 5. Course and Information Quality

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