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Manila: Public school educators are opposing a government programme to use satellite technology to deliver lessons and link together the 26,618 public schools throughout the country.
"You can never replace the teacher with television screens and satellite connections," Antonio Tinio, chairperson of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) said as he slammed the 5 billion pesos (Dh415 million) "cyber education" plan by the Department of Education.
Tinio said that while the government's aim to improve the quality of basic public school education by delivering simultaneous broadcast of school lessons may be laudable, the Department's plan could similarly threaten the jobs of the 40,000 of public school teachers. He also described the cyber education programme is a clear "waste of government funds while providing little benefit to students". Under a three-year project to link together the classrooms via satellite connection, Filipino students will be simultaneously taught by "master teachers".
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