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Wednesday, March 01, 2006 Social Justice Issue


Digital divide is one of the major problems in our country; we are divided by waters, and islands. The information from central city cannot elevate to the remote area like Mindanao. The amount of information is very limited for the students of this region. The Knowledge Channel, a private entity is the one who campaigning to provide these areas equipment like television set, cable connections to access the latest information available in the Manila. They formed the TEAM Mindanao or Television Education for the Advancement of Muslim Mindanao, and with the help of other country like UNIDO they are hopeful to provide 150 schools in Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao equipment and knowledge necessary to achieve a greater level of education. They are also aiming to modernize the schools with latest hardware for education.

In their six years of operation, the foundation achieved the following
Provision of Knowledge Channel to 1,528 public elementary and high schools
Potential reach of 2.67 million public school students and 6 million more viewers in households nationwide
Airing of over 3,000 titles of quality educational video materials based on the Department of Education’s curriculum
10-Year Memorandum of Agreement with the DepEd, mandating the viewing of the channel in all public schools throughout the country
Organized and conducted 94 School Principals’ Orientation Seminars attended by over 7,800 School Principals and Administrators nationwide
Organized and conducted 81 Teachers Training in ETV attended by 7,426 public school teachers nationwide
Partnerships with 111 provincial cable operator partners
Expanded reach in the Mindanao region with the establishment of Television Education for the Advancement of Muslim Mindanao, or TEAM-Mindanao, providing Knowledge Channel to 150 public schools in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the production of 30 episodes of livelihood and advocacy programs for out-of-school youth.
And now, they are aiming to reach every school throughout the country.
Source : The Knowledge Channel (http://www.knowledgechannel.com.ph

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