The Turn-over of the two sets of School in a Bag packages to the Chairman of the Board of the Deped Ecotech Center from the Vice President of SMART Telecommunications as new technology-driven teaching and learning materials purchased for use of trainees in the study room and trainors cottage library. Photo by RD Juliet A. Jeruta

CEBU CITY, October 10, 2018 – An all-in-one deal on digital equipment and accessories were provided by Smart Communications’ School in a Bag to DepEd Ecotech Center’s Learning Resource Center and Study Room yesterday, containing digital equipment for both Off-Grid and On-Grid Learning Communities. The following are the equipment inside the School in a bag: one solar panel; one power station; one LED TV; one tablet PC for the teacher; one DVD player; one Smart LTE Pocket Wifi with starter load; one USB memory card; and five student tablets. Since its maiden operation on September 13, 2018, DepEd Ecotech Learning Resource Center and Study Room provides a conducive space for trainers, their participants and other clients to research and work on the literatures, references, and other information aids for their trainings, seminars and/or personal consumption. An extension room also exists if clients opt to do reflection or leisure reading. This center is equipped with StarBooks digital references on Science and Technology.

An all-in-one deal on digital equipment and accessories provided by Smart Communications. Photo by RD Juliet A. Jeruta

Further, in its aim to provide a mixture of state-of-the-art facilities and convenient spaces for trainers, DepEd Ecotech’s Trainor’s Cottage will also store the Smart School in a Bag in its Library for client consumption. Said cottage is set to launch on October 11, 2018.

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