Smart honors teachers with series of events

MANILA, Philippines - Wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), in partnership with the Department of Education has lined up a series of activities in celebration of National Teachers’ Month observed every year from Sept. 5 to Oct. 5 by virtue of Proclamation No. 242.

With the recurring theme, “My Teacher, My Hero,” the month-long celebration is a tribute to the country’s educators all over the Philippines, whose selfless dedication to their profession has helped mold countless of young minds into responsible and productive adults. 

Smart, over the years, recognize the role and the value of teachers in nation-building, and partners with DepEd in spearheading a series of activities in their honor.

One of these activities is the photo competition open to all elementary and high school students from public schools nationwide. Smart will be providing the special prizes for the winners.

In line with the environment advocacy of Smart, special tree-planting activities dubbed, Tree-bute to Teachers are being conducted in Smart-adopted sites in Antipolo, Guimaras, Cebu, Bukidnon and Saranggani. As in previous tree-planting schedules, Smart employee-volunteers, DepEd and the Miss Earth Foundation join in these efforts to help protect the environment.

Smart will also be donating teachers’ kits to select schools for indigenous peoples all over the country in celebration of Teacher’s Month. Many of these schools catering to IPs are in the mountains and in most cases the teachers would have to go all the way up there to teach the kids in these communities.

Smart has committed to support the DepEd website, www.myteachermyhero.ph while Smart Stores will be airing the video material from the National Teachers Month Council to generate more awareness among the general public. 

As Talk ‘N Text and Smart Bro hold their respective line-up of activities with partner-schools, Jump Experience Center of the PLDT group of companies are giving special treats to teachers and is staging a shirt design competition based on the theme, “My Teacher, My Hero” – giving out with special prizes for the winning design based on the most likes on Facebook.

An advocate for education, Smart has been harnessing mobile communications technologies in helping enhance Philippine education through its initiatives in the mEducation space.  It has also partnered with the academe in promoting the innovative spirit among the country’s engineering students in creating wireless devices and mobile applications that help improve people’s lives.