CENTRAL VISAYAS, Philippines — In line with its Personal Computers for Public High Schools (PCPS) program, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will be distributing over 1,000 personal computers to 133 public high schools in Central Visayas.

It can be recalled that recently, DTI7 awarded 39 schools in this province with 11 personal computers sets each.

Recently, computer sets were awarded the town of Baclayon in Bohol province, with DTI Secretary Gregory Domingo personally distributing the equipment to the principal of schools in the town together with local officials.

The PCPS, now in its fourth phase, is currently boosted with a P320-million fund assistance from the Japanese government with some 8,525 PCs to be turned over to identified public high-schools which have not yet been a recipient of such equipment from other organizations.

Of said 8, 525 PCs, 1,386 will be distributed in Central Visayas, particularly in Negros Oriental and Cebu provinces, with 46 public high schools in each province to benefit from the program. In Siquijor province, there will be two provinces to be named a beneficiary of the same program.

Meanwhile, Domingo during the ceremony in Baclayon town, expressed his gratitude to the Japanese government for their support for the program which already has so far distributed some 60,000 PC units to over 5,000 public high schools in the country.