MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, April 23 (PIA) -- President Aquino on Monday cited some of the government programs which aims to strengthen the education system in the country.
In his keynote speech during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Mindanao State University’s (MSU) College of Information Technology (CIT) building, the President said the government has launched the K+12 program to ensure that the Filipino youth can keep up with the graduates of other countries.
He also said his administration has cleared the backlog on textbooks that it inherited for the Department of Education in 2012. He added that they are determined to address the 66,800 classroom shortage before the end of 2013.
President Aquino also mentioned the Public Higher Education Roadmap of the Commission on Higher Education which aims to improve the instruction facilities of the country’s state universities and colleges.
“Nariyan din ang Industry-Based Training for Work Scholarship Program ng TESDA, na may higit sa 76,300 scholars na ang sinanay para sa IT at kaugnay nitong mga industriya (There is also the Industry-Based Training for Work Scholarship Program of TESDA that has more than 76,300 scholars trained for IT and associated industries),” the President added.
The President meanwhile pointed out that the construction of the CIT building in MSU main campus is part of the government’s comprehensive strategy to invest in the skills of its people and strengthen the foundation of education in the country.
“Oras na matapos ang proyekto, makikinabang ang mga estudyante at komunidad ng pamantasan sa mas modernong computer training center, bagong teleconferencing at multimedia room at mas maraming silid-aralan at laboratoryo para sa pagtuturo ng information technology (Once the project is completed, students and the communities of the university will benefit from the modernized computer training center, the new teleconferencing and multimedia room and more classrooms and laboratories for teaching information technology),” he added.
President Aquino said this will correspond to a higher level of training in the field of technology and modern communication as well as new professionals which will open more doors of opportunity for his countrymen.
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