Ilocos Norte school division raises more than P600K for ICT tower

By Leilanie G. Adriano

Staff reporter

LAOAG CITY—The Schools Division of Ilocos Norte (SDOIN)is set to erect its own internet tower anytime this month in an effort to provide better quality service to 21^st century learners.

With an initial funding of more than PHP600,000 raised through the “Christmas Tree Para sa ICT” advocacy program of the DepEd Ilocos Norte, schools division superintendent Vilma Eda expressed her gratitude to all public and private stakeholders, including some people abroad who contributed in making this dream happen.

“Anytime from now, we will do the groundbreaking of the first tower. This will be a great help for us resulting to easy access of information and learning materials,” said Ms. Eda as she reported they are now in close coordination with electrical communication engineers for the establishment of the first tower at the SDOIN compound.

Ms. Eda added other local government units and schools in the province have also manifested their interest to have their own internet towers.

For one, the local government unit of Burgos has committed to install the second tower at Paayas Elementary School and the third tower at the Burgos Agro-Industrial School.

The internet tower, according to Kenneth Tabios, information and communication technology coordinator of DepEd Ilocos Norte will connect the division to the different schools of the province even if the telecommunication systems are down.

Launched on November 19, 2018, the fundraising drive kicked off at the division office where employees and visitors purchased Christmas accessories from the division’s cash unit as donation for the project.

Each Christmas decor such as stars, angels, colorful balls, flowers, leaves and bells has a corresponding amount ranging from PHP200 to PHP50,000.

The Christmas tree fundraising drive lasted until January 14.

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