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ICT’s Impact on Education in the Philippines

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APPLE D. ARISGADO

Bachelor of Elementary Education

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MR. JUFF IAN ZUASULA

Global Filipino Schools Program Employs ICT to Uplift Quality of Philippine Education

INTRODUCTION

Worldviews change when technological advancements occurs. It became part of our daily living, from
the way we interact, even in our worklplace. It is now regarded as a vital role in our society. Specifically
it also impact the way we acquire knowledge, in education sector. Less of Traditional way of teaching,
discover more advanced and collaborative teaching to deliver a quality education. As i witnessed these
phenomena, on how ICT paved a way to greater things in enhancing level of education. It is indeed a
remakable one. ICT integration into schools were implemented to support learning and also teaching for
quality education. And as a student, i am grateful to be part of this generation and its touches my heart
for education in the Philippines adapt to the gradual change of the world into advance. Everyone
deserves a quality education and ensuring no one else would be left behind. The Department of
Education did their best to promote or establish a quality education by providing needs of the students
even integrating ICT in schools. Even in times of pandemic, issues about education emerge,Technology
may increase accessibility and connectivity while also enhancing the learning process. . And ICT paved a
way to address and uplift quality education in the Philippines. This article insight is about integrating
ICT in public schools to established a quality education as Global Filipino School program wants to
improve the quality education by integrating technology to public schools. In this way, teachers,
s5tudents even the curriculum can adapt to the real world and be digitally literate by providing needs
for accessibility to ICT tools. To uplift the quality education in the Philippines means integrating ICT in
education.

BODY

The article is about GLOBAL FILIPINO SCHOOL program which aims to support public schools with ICT
Integration in their classroom to make it more interactive, collaborative, exciting and fun. With this, a
quality education can be uplifted by supporting needs of the school with gadgets or tools for learning.
Most of Philippine public schools still missing out on transformation of technology in their classroom or
lack of the integration of technology in the class. This program supports it and aims to transform
schools by the utilization of ICT in their education uplifting the quality education. GFS also provides
training to teachers to empower them and use ICT tools on their subject expertise. By that it is a big help
and an improvement in line with the teachers where they can be equip with skills needed to have a
better instruction as result a quality education for the students. The article cited a study about
Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) Global Market Research Company's early 2016 GFS impact evaluation reveale
d that instructors' and students' digital skills, particularly with regard to the use of mobile devices and co
mputer software, had significantly improved. Due to greater interactions fueled by various 21st Century
Learning Framework pillars and the apparent growth in the presence of ICT equipment being used in dail
y academic processes, teachers and students also became more well-rounded and involved in the teachi
ngs. It simply means that the program is effective in terms of uplifting quality education in public schools
where ICT Equipments were involved in the academic setting for a better teaching-learning interaction
or learning process of the students.
 CONCLUSION

The article concluded that Global Filipino School program supports public schools in integrating ICT in
education to uplift quality education. In this program they have seen improvement by using mobile
technology and computer software of the students and teacher in academic setting. It greatly help the
Department of Education to uplift a quality education in the Philippines using gadgets or tools for
advanced and to be part of success of students endeavor.

PICTURE/SCREENSHOT OF THE ARTICLE

CITATIONS

Globe Telecom Inc., February 10, 2017 Global

Filipino Schools Program Employs ICT to Uplift
Quality of Philippine Education

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