MANILA, Philippines — Teachers in the public school system in North Luzon completed recently a special program designed to enhance their knowledge and skills in integrating Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in their teaching strategies
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Globe, a leading telecommunications company in the Philippines, sponsored the Global Filipino Teachers (GFT) program for teachers Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, all in Region 1.

Globe, together with the Coalition for Better Education (CBE), crafted the six-day live-in training workshop for 24 select teachers from 24 public schools in the region.

The program aims to give teachers the necessary skills to integrate ICT in their respective subject areas such as Math, Science, English, and Heyograpiya, Kasaysayan at Sibika (Hekasi).

GFT, a Globe initiative under its corporate social responsibility program called Globe Bridging Communities (Globe BridgeCom), intends to improve teaching efficiency of teachers and re-engineer their role in schools.

It was proven that by using ICT, there is increased teacher motivation and improved student memory retention and comprehension of various subjects. In essence, GFT has transformed computers and the internet from just being desktop sources of information into instruments of interactive teaching and online collaboration.

Yoly C. Crisanto, Globe Head for Corporate Communications, said that the program involves giving ICT training to teachers from schools which are beneficiaries of the Globe Internet in Schools (ISP) program.

Through ISP, Globe is able to help prepare young Filipinos to be globally competitive by introducing them to internet literacy skills and opening doors to a wide range of information available on the Internet.