CdV’s Computer on Wheels is finalist

By November 19, 2018Business, News

TECH4Ed AWARDS 2018

THE Computer on Wheels project of Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia was one of the finalists in the Tech4Ed Awards 2018 of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

The Computer Skills Development Vehicle (CDV) equipped with Tech4ED modules was launched in Barangay Mabilao, San Fabian on Oct. 20, 2017.

For the project, De Venecia partnered with DICT to bring skills development and connectivity to all his constituents, especially the ones living in hard-to-reach areas.

To date, it has trained 442 in 36 barangays of Pangasinan fourth district residents on computer skills.

During its launch, De Venecia urged his constituents to learn how to use computers and to avail themselves of its free services in their government transactions.

“Most exciting are the digital literacy, social media proficiency, business and skills training, and English proficiency modules being offered, as well as marketing platforms for our farmer and Micro Small and Medium Enterprise stakeholders through CROPS and Lazada. Not to mention improved government services for the people,” de Venecia said.

De Venecia provided two air-conditioned customized trucks marked with “Computer Skills Development Vehicle” with eight computer units each that go to the barangays rather than the people going to the stationary centers.

Cheryl Ortega, director of DICT’s field operations office for Luzon Cluster 2, said Tech4ED is one of the flagship projects of her department.

“For those people who do not have free access to the Internet can go to the Tech4ED Center where a facility, a computer equipped with Internet connectivity, can address the four E requirements we address like Education, Employment, Entrepreneurship for Economic Development,” she said.

Most of their Tech4ED centers are stationary in local government units but this is the first-of-its-kind in a province that is mobile, she said. (PhilStar Wire Service)

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