Duterte OKs P700M for internet access of 7,000 public schools

THE government is allocating P700 million for the provision of internet access to some 7,000 public schools nationwide, in preparation for the country's shift to distance learning in the coming school year amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte said.

In his 14th weekly report to Congress on the government's pandemic response, Duterte said the Department of Education (DepEd) was "procuring internet connection for 7,000 schools to increase the total number of public schools with internet access."