Angeles City Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. (3rd from left), along with other officials and students, watches a multi-media presentation during the inauguration of the modern computer laboratory at rhe Angeles City National Trade School on August 6. | PHOTO: Angeles City government
ANGELES CITY – The city government inaugurated on Tuesday, August 6, the state-of-the-art computer laboratories of two public high schools here to equip students with technical skills and digital competence.
Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr., other city officials and city schools division officers led the inauguration of the computer laboratories at the Angeles City National Trade School and at the Angeles City National High School.
The computer laboratories in two other public high schools — the Northville 15 Integrated School and the Angeles City Senior High School — are set to be inaugurated in the coming days.
Each laboratory has 40 sets of computers, tables, chairs, printers, air conditioning units, smart televisions, and fiber optics Internet connection.
“This initiative to establish the laboratories aims to equip students with digital skills and knowledge necessary for the digital age,” the city government quoted Lazatin as saying in a statement.
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The mayor’s chief adviser, IC Calaguas, said the opening of the modern computer laboratories is part of the city government’s information and communication technology modernization program which recognizes the importance of technology in providing quality education to students of public schools.