Noveleta installs free WiFi for all

NOVELETA, Cavite: Mayor Dino Reyes Chua has embarked on installing free Wi-Fi connection for the 16 villages of the town in preparation for the electronic learning of students of the municipality. Chua told The Manila

Times that a dry run for the town’s free Wi-Fi started at the Noveleta Town Plaza on Tuesday.

He noted that the municipal government targets to install free internet connection at seven public elementary schools, as well as junior and senior high schools in Barangay San Rafael so that public and private schools could comply with the new digital learning method, ensuring safety from the coronavirus disease.

Meanwhile, some parents of public school students lamented their lack of electronic gadgets, personal computers and even smartphones to conform to this new educational shift to digital.

Chua has not commented on what can be done regarding the lack of such electronic devices required in the conduct of digital learning.

The Noveleta Central Elementary School in San Rafael 2, Ambrocio S. Robles Memorial Elementary School in San Juan 2, San Antonio Elementary School, General Luciano Sa Miguel Elementary School in Poblacion, Salcedo Elementary School, Pacifioc Q. Aquino Elementary School in San Rafael 3, San Juan Elementary School, Noveleta National High School and Noveleta Senior High School are still accepting students through online enrollment.

In addition to online learning, government radio and television will also be used to conduct classes in spite of the coronavirus pandemic.