The city government of Manila will buy 27,200 more tablet devices to ensure that the city’s public school students will have access to gadgets for the upcoming blended learning system.
In his Facebook video message on Friday night, Mayor Isko Moreno said they ordered more devices so more students can have gadgets.
Manila initially ordered about 110,000 tablets while the number of students who already enrolled this school year already stands at 275,000.
“Because the number of our enrollees ballooned, we held a meeting again with our school board and decided to buy 27,200 more tablets. So, in total, the city will have acquired 137,200 tablets,” Moreno said in Filipino.
Moreno clarified that each household—and not each student—will get a tablet to make sure that everyone is covered.
“Ang solusyon na ginawa ay bawat household o sa Tagalog, bawat tahanan. Ngayon kung ang isang household ay tatanggap ng isang tablet, ‘yun ay para sa isa o dalawa o tatlong estudyante doon sa isang household, ibig sabihin maghihiraman sila,” he said. (Joseph Pedrajas)
