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By Alice Kok | 29 October 2008

The Philippines Department of Education (DepEd)and the Oracle Education Foundation (OEF) have agreed to roll out OEF’s ThinkQuest technology programme to 500 public elementary schools across the nation, reaching 50,000 students and teachers over the next two years.

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Worth US$380 million in in-kind grant value, this agreement marks the start of Oracle and DepED’s collaboration to integrate technology into the school programme, which supports the government’s 10-point agenda to provide quality education for all in the Philippines.

This protected online learning platform enables teachers to integrate learning projects into their classroom curriculum and students to develop critical 21st century skills, including creativity, communication, teamwork, and technology skills. Focused on raising the awareness and standards of IT and technical skills in the Philippines, this will help meet the growing demand for technical skills in IT-enabled services and other industries, drive expanded job opportunities for individuals, and enhance overall economic development in the country.

OEF and DepEd will train an initial group of 160 teachers on the ThinkQuest platform and instruct them how to best incorporate 21st century skills instruction and project learning into their curriculum. Currently, over 192,000 students and teachers in 3,400 institutions across the Asia Pacific region benefit from their participation in ThinkQuest.

“We believe that one way of addressing the goal of quality education in the country is to optimize the power of technology,” said Jesli Lapus, Secretary of Department of Education.

“Not only does it make quality learning easily accessible to everyone, it greatly improves learning outcomes and increases the competitiveness of our public school faculty and students in today’s digital world.”

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