Internet transforming education in Philippines

15.03.2006
Through a program called Smart Schools, mobile operator Smart Communications is enabling the Internet to transform the way education is delivered in public high schools in the Philippines.

Although in isolated instances, technology is literally transforming the lives of people entirely -- not only students but also the teachers themselves.

Pedro Montejo, a high school principal from the Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School (MOGCHS) in Cagayan De Oro City in the South, gleefully narrated the stories of at least four former teachers from his school. Thanks to the power of the Internet, they discovered online dating, eventually got married, and migrated to the U.S. and Canada.