E-skwela hub in Cebu City’s brgys pushed
An E-skwela hub for every barangay or district in Cebu City is being pushed.
The E-skwela hub is a learning center that provides free use of computers, internet access and printing equipment, and other educational materials to meet the needs of learners in the blended or online learning system.
The E-skwela hub is expected to aid the learners who have limited or no access to all these.
Councilor Rey Gealon, author of the proposed ordinance on the E-skwela hub, said that based on the Department of Education’s report, the ratio of computers to the number of enrolled learners in the elementary level is 1:1; 1:9 in junior high school and 1:3 for Senior High.
Aside from that, only a little over 80 percent of public schools in all levels of basic education have functional computers, accordingly.
“There’s clearly a gap that needs to be filled in order to elevate our education system and enhance the learners' capabilities which ardently requires the provision of learning tools and resources as well as access to the infinite knowledge found in the internet,” Gealon stressed.
If this materializes, the E-skwela hub will also have available printed material such as books, journals, newspapers, magazines, posters, maps, and charts; audio-visual aids or media, digital devices as well as a venue for alternative learning classes, training, presentations exhibitions, lectures, seminars, workshops, debates, and other learning activities.
Gealon also emphasized that it should have adequate lighting and ventilation and water stations and sanitation areas.
The E-skwela hub should also have at least one dedicated E-skwela hub employee who will be in charge of the maintenance, management, and sanitation of the E-skwela hub and the accounting of the facilities along with an Information Technology (IT) expert from the city's Management Information and Computer Services (MICS) who will be in charge of the immediate troubleshooting and light repairs of the computers and other electronic devices of the E-skwela hub, and will provide the necessary assistance and training to the E-skwela hub users. —