58 tribesmen in Bukidnon complete computer literacy training

From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 3): 58 tribesmen in Bukidnon complete computer literacy training

Fifty-eight members of the Manobo and Pulangihon Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Bukidnon completed the Basic Computer Literacy (BCL) training there, a report reaching here Friday said.

Capt. Norman Tagros, Army's 403rd Infantry Battalion based in Bukidnon, said that the 31 days of lectures and practical exercises about computer literacy culminated successfully on Thursday afternoon.

He said that the BCL program was part of the Philippine Army’s outreach educational project to provide basic education modules to the IPs in Northern Mindanao.

Tagros said that the IPs live in the hinterlands of Northern Mindanao and education and the advancement of technology seem alien to them.

The BCL was one of the Philippine Army’s programs that became popular among the IPs when it was launched last January 20, 2017 with 52 IP students.

Tagros said that the computer facilities of BCL were donated by the “Tuloy Foundation, Inc. and the “Pinoy Batang Bayani” (The Filipino Child’s a Hero).

He said that the BCL’s other stakeholders include the Department of Education – Alternative Learning System (DepEd-ALS), TESDA, BUSCO Sugar Milling Company, and the Local Government Unit.

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