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.
