Basic Center Management Training

Tech4ED
Training Objectives

At the end of the training, the participants are expected to:

1. know the background and objectives of the TECH4ED Project;

2. describe Tech4ED Centers, its different models and the services offered;

3. skills enhancement in managing their TECH4ED Centers;

4. appreciate the importance of rules and procedures for the proper

management of the Center;

5. and, demonstrate a clear understanding and appreciation of the Monitoring

and Evaluation process being done in Tech4Ed centers.
Training Rules

1. Put gadgets on silent mode.

2. Use internet only when necessary.

3. Keep the training room clean.

4. Listen when someone is talking.

5. Have fun while learning!

GTKY (Getting to Know You)

• Introduce yourselves with the following details:

• *Name
• *School/LGU/Organization represented
• *Designation
• *Share something about yourself that others don’t know (Trivia
about yourself)
 KWL Activity

What I Know What I Want to

Know
(WORDS or PHRASES
about/related to Tech4ED
you ALREADY know) (WORDS or PHRASES
about/related to Tech4ED
you WANT to know during
the training)
MODULE 1 – The Tech4ED Project
At the end of this module, participants are expected to:
1. know the background and objectives of the Tech4ED Project;
2. discuss the meaning of Tech4ED;
3. identify the target sectors;
4. know the different components of the Tech4ED Project.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITY: The Greatest Invention
The Tech4ED Project

THE BACKGROUND
The World’s offline population, 2016 -ITU
“Some 3.9 billion people – more than half the world’s population (53%) –
is still not using the Internet, is disproportionately female, elderly, less
educated, lower income and rural. ” –I TU, 2017
The World’s offline population, World Development Report 2016, Worldbank

6 BILLION WITHOUT BROADBAND

4 BILLION WITHOUT INTERNET

2 BILLION WITHOUT MOBILE PHONES

0.4 BILLION WITHOUT A DIGITAL SIGNAL

The Tech4ED Project

United Nations Broadband Commission

2015 Report, Philippines ranked 106 th
out of 196 surveyed with a total of
39.7% internet penetration rate.
60

Filipinos 49.6% 53.7% 55.5%

50
using the
40
Internet
30 25%
20
5.4%
10 0.6% 1.98%
0

1998 2000 2005 2010 2014 2015 2017

Data from ICT Development Index 2017-ITU

 Individuals using the Individuals using the
Internet, Internet,
by Gender (2014) by Location (2014)

41%
34% 31% Urban Areas
MALE FEMALE
22%
Data from ICT Development Index 2017-ITU Rural Areas
Households with Internet access Households with computers
(2017) (2017)

39.10% 39.04%

Data from ICT Development Index 2017-ITU

The Tech4ED Project

DIGITAL DIVIDE
The Tech4ED Project
The Tech4ED Project
The Tech4ED Project
The Tech4ED Project

Philippines was a signatory to

the World Summit on the
Information Society – Geneva
Plan of Action, 2003
“Government and other stakeholders
should establish multi-purpose
community public access points,
providing affordable or free-of-charge
access for their citizens to the various
communication resources, notably the
internet.”
Telecentres around the world
Philippine Community eCenter
About DICT

The Department of Information and Communications Technology by the virtue of

the Republic Act 10844, is the branch of Government that will promote, develop
and regulate strategic information and communications technology (ICT) and
reliable system and cost efficient communication and facilities and services.
DICT Cluster Offices

8 Cluster
Offices
DICT Cluster Offices

Mindanao Cluster 1

Region IX
Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga Sibugay
Zamboanga City

ARMM
Basilan
Sulu
Tawi-Tawi
About the DICT: Powers and Functions

Policy and Planning Improved Public Access Resource-Sharing and

Capacity-Building

Consumer Protection and Cybersecurity Policy and Countryside Development

Industry Development Program Coordination
The Tech4ED Project

WHAT IS
TECHNOLOGY
Empowerment

4E
education
employment
entrepreneurship
Economic Development
The Tech4ED Project

VISION
To establish Tech4ED Centers in unserved and
underserved communities.
The Tech4ED Project

MISSION
To establish sustainable Tech4ED Centers nationwide as a delivery
channel for relevant ICT-enabled services and content for socio-
economic development of UNSERVED and UNDERSERVED communities
towards improved quality of life.
The Tech4ED Project

GOAL
Tech4ED aims to strengthen the use Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) to provide opportunities to
UNDERSERVED and MARGINALIZED through partnership with
GOs, LGUs, NGAs-local and international and Private
Organizations or Corporations.
 TARGET SECTORS
PERSON-WITH- OVERSEAS-
STUDENT DISABILITIES FILIPINO WORKERS

OSYA WOMEN INDIGENOUS

PERSON

TEACHER SENIOR ENTREPRENEUR

CITIZEN
Tech4ED & Gender and Development
Tech4ED & Gender and Development
The Tech4ED Project aims to ensure that women and men have equal access to ICT, government
services, non-formal education/alternative learning, skills training, job markets, and business portals
through the Centers and its platform.
“Address the digital divide by facilitating
the access of rural women and girls to ICT
education to promote their empowerment and
to develop skills, information and
knowledge towards employability,
livelihoods, well-being and resilience and
expand the scope of ICT-enabled mobile
learning and literacy training while
promoting a safe and secure cyberspace for
women and girls”

- One of the agreed conclusions during the 62 nd session of

the UN Commission on the status of women, March 2018
The Tech4ED Project

PROJECT COMPONENTS
Establishment of Tech4ED Centers
Content Development
Capability Building
Advocacy and Promotion
 69%
Rural Areas

31%
Urban Areas
 with Tech4ED - 115 No Tech4ED - 30 with Tech4ED - 517 No Tech4ED - 972

100% 79% 35%

Provinces Cities Municipalities
recognized!
14 Batches 1,595 participants
completed in Luzon, Including Center Managers,
Visayas Local Chief Executives and
and Mindanao partners
 Activity 1
With your group, identify top 3 sectors in your
community that you think will benefit from
Tech4ED.
ANY QUESTIONS?