IPAPANUKALA ni Senador Sherwin Gatchalian ang pagbibigay ng internet subsidy sa pinakamahihirap na estudyante sa bansa.

Ito ay bilang paghahanda sa inaasahan niyang pagbabago sa sistema ng edukasyon kung saan bukod sa physical classes ay magkakaroon pa rin ng online classes.

“We will have both physical face-to-face classes and both internet-based learning. This is the future of learning that we should look at. We cannot just go purely face-to-face or purely internet, it has to be a combination,” pahayag ni Gatchalian.

Iginiit ng chairman ng Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture na ‘vulnerable country’ ang Pilipinas na madalas nakararanas na mga kalamidad tulad ng pagputok ng bulkan, bagyo at iba pa.

Sa kasalukuyan, may P20 bilyong pondo na inilaan ang Department of Education para sa pagbili ng gadget sa ilalim ng kanilang information technology program.

Bagama’t tinutugunan na ng gobyerno ang paggamit ng teknolohiya sa panig ng mga guro, kailangan aniyang solusyunan ang problema sa mabagal na koneksiyon ng internet.

“We will now address the issues of the teachers, but we should also address the issues of the learners because some of them don’t have access to the internet because of the cost and we have to look into that and that is not in the budget yet,” sabi ni Gatchalian.

“I am going to file a bill to provide subsidy for very poor students to have access to the internet. We have to make sure that they have access to internet and internet is becoming a basic necessity just like water and electricity,” dagdag pa niya.