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"21st Century Education For All Filipinos, Anytime, Anywhere" With Its Information and Communication Technology For Education or ICT4E Strategic Plan

The Department of Education in the Philippines has created a strategic plan called ICT4E (Information and Communication Technology for Education) with the vision of providing "21st Century Education for All Filipinos, Anytime, Anywhere." The plan aims to equip students with 21st century skills like digital literacy, inventive thinking, effective communication and collaboration needed to thrive globally. ICT4E's goals are to fully integrate ICT into the curriculum, intensify teacher training programs, establish necessary technology infrastructure in schools, and develop governance and management systems for ICT. The department has been implementing this plan since 2008 through various projects to transform the education system and make learning accessible anytime, anywhere.

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"21st Century Education For All Filipinos, Anytime, Anywhere" With Its Information and Communication Technology For Education or ICT4E Strategic Plan

The Department of Education in the Philippines has created a strategic plan called ICT4E (Information and Communication Technology for Education) with the vision of providing "21st Century Education for All Filipinos, Anytime, Anywhere." The plan aims to equip students with 21st century skills like digital literacy, inventive thinking, effective communication and collaboration needed to thrive globally. ICT4E's goals are to fully integrate ICT into the curriculum, intensify teacher training programs, establish necessary technology infrastructure in schools, and develop governance and management systems for ICT. The department has been implementing this plan since 2008 through various projects to transform the education system and make learning accessible anytime, anywhere.

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21st Century Education for All Filipinos, Anytime, Anywhere.

by Liezl Aileen Nuñez

The fast track pace of technological progress and its manifold and ubiquitous effects that change the way
we live and do things cannot be overemphasized. In response to this constantly innovating digital age,
integrating technology with our forefront institutions is in our utmost priority list.

21st Century Education. Tasked to lead the way in molding the Filipino children’s education and
consequently shaping our nation’s future,

the Department of Education envisions providing “21st Century Education for All Filipinos, Anytime,
Anywhere” with its Information and Communication Technology for Education or ICT4E strategic
plan.

“This means an ICT-enabled education system that transforms our children into dynamic life-long learners
and values-centered, responsible citizens” (Lapus 1).

The aim of such an education is to equip Filipino students with the 21st century skills that are going to be
required of them for their future success. But surely, 21st century skills go beyond ICT skills. However,
affording Filipino learners with digital age literacy is very essential in developing inventive thinking,
effective communication, creativity, collaboration, and high productivity—the skills they need to be thriving
contributors in the 21st century global community (Ibid 2).

DepEd’s effort to transform our education system through the five-year ICT4E strategic plan is “anchored
on and supports the Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda (BESRA)”

To achieve its vision of giving 21st Century Education for All Filipinos, Anytime, Anywhere, ICT4E aims to
fulfill four major goals.

Completely integrate ICT into the curriculum. ICT4E’s curriculum reform proceeds in two stages—

Stage 1: Enhancing ICT use in the existing curriculum;


Stage 2: Full integration of ICT in the enriched curriculum .In support of this reform, the action plan also
provisions for Multimedia Instructional Materials (MIM) Development as well as ICT-Enabled Assessment
of schools.

Intensify relevant professional development programs.

ICT’s integration into our educational system necessarily requires ICT competency and capability of our
teachers and school staff. Part of ICT4E’s action plan is developing ICT Competency Standards for
teachers, education managers, school administrators, and non-teaching personnel; as well as providing
them with comprehensive training and capability building programs.

Establish the necessary ICT infrastructure and applications. ICT4E stipulates ICT Packages for schools
supplying them with computers, laptops, interactive whiteboards, digital cameras, TVs, DVDs, projectors,
internet access, etc. and curriculum and technical support. “…The deployment of new modes of
delivery… The way for more collaborative and learner-centered pedagogy …[and thus fulfilling] the goal
of providing anytime, anywhere 21st century education for all”

Develop processes and systems for governance and management. Finally, the ICT4E strategic plan
outlines the procedures in the proper governance and management of ICT (Lapus 4). “…[This] framework
will ensure that DepEd senior officials – in the central office and in the field – are involved in ICT
decisions” (Ibid).

DepEd’s ICT4E strategic plan was drafted back in 2008. Since then, the department has been
implementing its goals through various projects such as iSchools, eSkwela, Internet Connectivity for
public schools, 2010 Secondary Education Curriculum, etc. And in order to make this project immensely
successful, a strong collaboration and support is needed from all education stakeholders (Ibid 5).

As a powerful educational tool, ICT can facilitate the transformation of school education. But to make this
happen it is vital to bring about the changes to the mind set and culture among teachers, administrators,
parents and students; the way in which the curriculum is designed and delivered and how students are
currently assessed (“Department of Education” iv).

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