text2teach in La Carlota City

La Carlota Schools Division Superintendent Portia M. Mallorca, Department of Education (DepEd), La Carlota City Division and La Carlota City accountant Jeffrey Rumbines in behalf of La Carlota City mayor Juliet Marie P. Ferrer have recently signed the mutual of agreement (MOA) for the implementation of test2teach program in the Visayas MOA signing and turnover ceremony in Silay City, Negros Occidental, PH. Witnessed to the signing are Education Program Supervisor (EPS) Avelino N. Santillan and Administrative Officer V Ruth F. Villanueva.

Twenty-five elementary schools in the division of La Carlota are all recipient of this Text2teach program technology in teaching the pupils. Mayor Ferrer disclosed in an emergency meeting called for all school heads and head teachers of these recipient schools at the function hall of La Carlota City Hall.

Text2Teach Program

BridgeIT is conceptualized in 2003 by Nokia, Pearson, the International Youth Foundation (IYF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It was pilot-tested in the Philippines because of the country's robust mobile technology infrastructure and the Filipinos extensive use of mobile phones. The Philippine pilot came to be known as text2teach.

Mission and Objectives

The mission of text2teach is to make a significant contribution to the quality of teaching and learning in underserved schools and communities in the Philippines.

Its objectives are to 1) use advanced mobile communications technology for education; 2) encourage cooperation among the public, private and civil society sectors at the local and global levels; and 3) complement the indigenous curriculum with high quality educational content delivered through a mobile network, and with integrated teacher training.

Target Group and Beneficiaries

At the minimum, text2teach directly benefits public elementary school students in grade 5 and 6 every year. Additional ancillary beneficiaries include (depending on the particular circumstances of each school) students in grade 4, school heads and teachers in the public school system.