Alaminos schools get wired with Wi-fi
ALAMINOS CITY–Basic education in this city makes a big leap to the cyberworld ahead of other towns and cities in the province with the installation of a wireless internet facility in its public schools here.
The service, available in 17 schools so far, is under the city government’s “Education Without Borders” program, a component of the Wireless Internet-based Governance System (WINGS) project.
But the schools are not the only beneficiaries of the P64.5 million WINGS project. It also provides connectivity to the ICT Center for out-of-school youths even as it aims to improve the delivery of basic services to the public since the system was initially made available in the most remote barangays.
The infrastructure outlay also provided for the construction of computer classrooms in six secondary schools and rehabilitation of classrooms in nine elementary schools.
Education Secretary Armin Luistro, who attended the project’s formal launch on February 7, hailed the ‘hi-tech’ system with its video streaming capability and tracking system.
Mayor Hernani Braganza said the Internet facility effectively addressed the severe lack of books and other reference materials for both students and teachers in the city’s schools.
He added that WINGS’s broadcast facilities will also enable the city schools to save since the facility can also be used for teacher training activities. Trainors can now reach all the schools’ teachers simultaneously without gathering all teachers in one place.
OTHER BENEFITS
The ICT Center for out-of-school youths, established in partnership with Engineers Without Borders of Canada and is operated by the city social welfare and development office, can now provide business process outsourcing services such as data encoding, web design, computer programming, graphics design, medical transcription, and tutorials.
City residents and businessmen can now transact with the city government online to include payment of taxes, permits and other fees.
Braganza said WINGS will also help in the promotion of the tourism industry of Alaminos, which is home to the Hundred Islands National Park, through 24-hour live webcast of events.
WINGS can also be used in maintaining peace and order through the installation of linked security cameras that will be used for monitoring and managing public safety, including traffic management and crime surveillance.
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