Regular monthly loads for teachers

The author is Principal II at Balibago Primero Integrated School Ma. Teresa A. Bernarte

The Department of Education (DepEd) has announced the start of the cycle for regular monthly loads for teachers and personnel, after the successful distribution of sim cards to field offices last July. For the 277,381 DepEd sim cards recipients who started using connectivity loads in July 2021, the cycle of regular monthly load started on August 3, while the rest of the program beneficiaries will have their monthly load on August 25. DepEd officials said this is part of their commitment to deliver the promises of the Bayanihan 2 Act to personnel. Given the situation, they recognize the need to provide connectivity load for teachers as support for their passion in teaching amidst the pandemic. In total, each teacher or personnel will receive a total of 102GB of data that will be rationed over three months at 34GB per month. To ensure optimum usage, DepEd noted that the Sim Card and Connectivity Load program is designed to have 1GB per day for Daily Data Access specific for eLearning Apps and zero-rated DepEd Apps. An additional 4GB per month is provided for Open Data Access for other apps. The load will not be dumped on the same day but refreshed daily to ensure that personnel can maximize the data for the whole month. Analytics consumption data show that 1GB per day for 30 days is more than enough to access eLearning apps,” officials said. Additionally, unused data from the plan will be rolled over after the third month and will be loaded as one (1) GB per day until all data allocations are consumed. Unused data must be utilized before its one-year expiration. An exclusive DepEd Hotline (#DEPED or #33733) has also been set up for the DepEd sim card recipients to address concerns of teachers regarding the program.