Sara to attend launching of free WiFi in San Juan

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte will attend today’s launching of a free WiFi program at the Pinaglabanan Elementary School in San Juan.

Mayor Francis Zamora said Duterte would join him in inspecting the fiber optic internet connection installed at the school by the city government.

Zamora said he invited Duterte, who is also the secretary of the Department of Education, to show the local government’s efforts in providing quality education to San Juan students.

He said all 13 public schools in the city would have fiber optic internet connection as well as 55-inch Smart television sets in all classrooms.

“Giving our students quality education is part of my 10-point agenda, which is in line with our objective of being a smart city. We want to empower public school students by providing them with facilities and equipment which are comparable or even better than what private schools have,” Zamora said.

A total of 12,500 public school students in San Juan were given free computer tablets in 2020 in partnership with the Department of Information and Communications Technology.

Grades 3 to 6 students of the Pinaglabanan Elementary School received free laptops.

All public school teachers were also given laptops and WiFi connection to aid them in teaching their students during online classes in 2020.