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PROUD TO BE PINOY
Once in a while, rays of light break
through the darkness. Good news that trickles in to inspire
and encourage us thankfully push aside the usual stories
of corruption, ineffiency, and an economy under siege. This section features people and/or organizations who show us how to become beacons in the midst of adversity and inspire us to do better.
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Gearing up Literacy and Access for Students (GILAS) |
GILAS (Gearing up Internet Literacy and Access for Students) is a consortium of private corporations and civic organizations that aim to bridge the digital divide among the nation's youth by connecting the nation’s 6,030 public high schools to the Internet by the year 2010. It has already connected more than 1,400 public high schools and has no plans of stopping at that.
GILAS aims to deliver
- Internet access for schools with computer labs
- Servers or routers, LAN cards, cables
- Provision of connectivity and unlimited free Internet usage for the first year
- 10 computers and Internet access for schools without computer equipment
- Basic training
- Training for teachers and administrators on networking and resource mobilization
- Formulation of basic curriculum and year-long lesson plan
- Maintenance
The current estimated cost of the project is USD 28 million (HKD 224 million). The current estimate of connecting schools that have existing computer labs is USD 2,000. For schools without computer labs, the estimated total cost is USD 6,000.
Find out if the school in your province is connected! Look us up at www.gilas.org!
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