Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Jesli Lapus addressed the 2nd National ICTs in Basic Education Congress, which started today at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City.
The congress aims to promote a more strategic and systematic decision-making and planning at the national and local levels on the role of ICTs in the basic education system within the framework of quality education for all.
Speaking on the National ICT in Basic Education Plan, Secretary Lapus emphasized that the department's ICT integration program should focus on educational development, in line with several national policies which underpins basic education in the country.
"The quality of and access to basic education substantially remains as the overriding goal of educational development," said Secretary Lapus. "Thus, all educational interventions shall be geared towards ensuring the empowerment of learners with lifelong skills through the use of appropriate technologies."
In addition, Secretary Lapus said that in order for the department to effectively integrate ICT in basic education, it must take into account several issues which affect its implementation, including the obsolescence and maintenance of current ICT resources and the coordination of various ICT in basic education efforts of government agencies, NGOs and the ICT community.
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