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The Bureau of Customs donated abandoned and seized educational gadgets and school supplies to the Department of Education to support blended or distance learning
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The donation included flash drives, cell phones, computer monitors, printers, laptops, routers, pocket Wi-Fi units, tablets, school bags, educational books, and children’s school shoes
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has donated various abandoned and seized educational gadgets and school supplies to the Department of Education (DepED) in support of the blended or distance learning program amid the coronavirus pandemic.
BOC conducted the turnover of the donation on March 16 at BOC-Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Donated were flash drives, cell phones, computer monitors, 50 multifunction printers, laptops, routers, 14 pocket Wi-Fi units, tablets, school bags, educational books, and children’s school shoes.
“We understand the need of the students especially during this time that education is hindered by the threat of COVID-19. We will continue to support DepEd’s programs to provide quality education to our students,” Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said in a statement.
In thanking BOC, Education Secretary Leonor Briones shared that the bureau’s earlier donation of mobile phones and laptops last January are already being distributed to schools in far-flung areas.
Last January 29, BOC formally turned over to DepEd 198 laptops and 4,840 smartphones it seized in a joint operation with personnel of the Clark Development Corp.
