Knowledge Channel returns to Zamboanga Sibugay

MANILA, Philippines - The Knowledge Channel is back in Zamboanga Sibugay! This time connecting six more schools through a grant from Sen. Loren Legarda and the support of Gov. George Hofer and Rep. Dulce Ann Hofer. 

At the turnover ceremony at Ipil Heights Elementary School last February 26, Knowledge Channel Foundation Inc. (KCFI) President and Executive Director Rina Lopez Bautista said that KCFI is not launching its partnership with Sen. Legarda or Zamboanga Sibugay, but rather, renewing old ties. 

The Knowledge Channel has had a positive impact on the connected schools in Zamboanga Sibugay, helping to increase scores of students in schools with high utilization levels, and of this, Lopez Bautista said, “It also humbles us to realize that it is not only the children that we have affected, but also the communities where these schools are as well.”

Legarda addressed the school, saying that the quality of education in Sibugay has improved as a result of having the Knowledge Channel and adding, “That proves that our weapon against poverty and ignorance is knowledge in Science, Math, and English.” She went on to tell the students how lucky they are to have access to the Knowledge Channel, saying, “You are privileged that you will be able to watch quality programs that give not only entertainment, but knowledge as well.”

Photo shows (from left) Rep. Dulce Ann Hofer, Sen. Loren Legarda, and Rina Lopez Bautista.