TOP TECHNO EDUCATION HUB. The Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center (NOLITC) is named the top-performing Tech4ED hub in the Visayas Cluster 1 by the Department of Information and Communications Technology. Photo shows Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is presented the award by school administrator Ma. Cristina Orbecido (2nd from right) and project development officers Cely Carman-Trio (right) and Red Dawn Laurente (left) in Bacolod City on Monday (July 8, 2019). (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental PIO)
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center (NOLITC) was awarded as the top-performing Tech4ED hub in the Visayas Cluster 1 by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).
NOLITC, a technical-vocational training school owned by the provincial government based in this city, was tops in the total number of platform-based users as of April 2019, as well as in trainings conducted from November 2018 to April 2019.
School administrator Ma. Cristina Orbecido, who presented the awards to Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson on Monday, told the Philippine News Agency the award is an indication of the center’s sustained commitment to promote digital literacy in the countryside.
“We have been maximizing the programs and services of NOLITC Tech4ED Center every year to reach the unserved and underserved clients,” she said.
During the Tech4ED Center Conference held in Iloilo City recently, NOLITC bested 185 other Tech4ED Centers in the Visayas Cluster 1.
Tech4ED, or Technology for Education, Employment, Entrepreneurial, and Economic Development Project, provides access for individuals and communities to bridge the digital and education divide through information, communication, technology, government services, non-formal education, skills training, telehealth, job markets, and business portals.
In 2018, the DICT elevated NOLITC to the Hall of Fame of the National Tech4ED Awards after three years of being a Center for Excellence.
The NOLITC Tech4ED Center, which started in 2016, has been recognized for achieving consistent exemplary performance in delivering sustainable ICT-enabled services and for exhibiting commendable impact in the growth and development of the community.
This year, it is one of the finalists for the Gender and Development (GAD) Awards under the DigiPinay Category organized by DICT.
The GAD awards ceremony will be held next month during the Knowledge Exchange Conference in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. (PNA)
