AgNor school gets DOST’s STARBOOKS, internet connectivity
The Simbalan National High School (NHS) in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte received one set of desktop computer installed with stand-alone digital library, the Science & Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Station (STARBOOKS) from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It will serve as the school’s main learning platform for digitized S&T resources, in addition
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to the few available reference materials from the school’s library. Moreover, STARBOOKS will aid teachers in enhancing their learning materials using available modules on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) from the system. Also known as a “library in a box,” the deployment of STARBOOKS was initiated by the Science and Technology Information
Institute (STII) of DOST which aims to provide access to science and technology information for students, teachers, and researchers, especially for schools in remote areas throughout the Philippines. Internet connectivity was also provided to Simbalan NHS which shall open opportunities for the school to access unlimited resource materials to be used in the delivery of quality Caraga INFOCUS