SMART Communications will roll out an additional 40 mobile learning packages this year to benefit more public-school children across the Philippines. Smart already deployed a total of 40 digital education bundles in 2016, to help improve literacy in the country, especially in remote communities.
This was reported by Community Partnerships Senior Manager Steph Orlino during her presentation at the recently concluded Sustainable Solutions Fair organized by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).
Among Smart’s inclusive education solutions showcased during the fair were the Smart Technocart and Smart School-in-a-Bag.
The Smart Technocart is a mobile digital laboratory designed to help develop and improve literacy among kindergarten students. It comes with digital teaching and learning tools, including a laptop, projector and mobile Wi-fi for the teacher, and 20 tablets for students preloaded with educational modules and mobile applications. It is ideal for schools located in areas with electricity and Internet connectivity. The School-in-the-Bag is a portable digital classroom deployed to schools located in remote areas without electricity and internet signal. The bundle contains a solar panel for electricity, a laptop, a tablet, a mobile phone, a pocket Wi-fi with starter load, LED TV and learning modules, such as the Batibot app.
Individuals and organizations can bring the gift of digital learning to more schools in the country by sponsoring a Technocart or School-in-a-Bag.