By Roy Tomandao
The Tanauan City Government has inaugurated two Mobile Learning 5D Hubs that will serve as mobile classrooms for public schools in the city.
In a ceremony held on March 24, the bus-like hubs were also formally handed over to the leadership of the Department of Education (DepEd) Tanauan City.
Such innovative devices are powered by 5D Technology, where a person can experience a situation that “is very close to reality,” city officials said.
As such, the Mobile Learning 5D Hub is expected to meet the needs of Tanauan’s 21st Century Learners to be globally competitive wherever they are, according to Tanauan Mayor Mary Angeline “Sweet” Halili.
It contains multimedia and interactive modules within a smooth and conducive learning environment, where not only the subjects but also the history, culture, geography, and economy of the city can be studied.
Due to the problems faced by Tanauan from the ongoing activity of the Taal Volcano and the spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic, teachers and students have taken risks over the past two years to ensure the continuous learning of the Tanaueños.
Simultaneously with the turnover ceremony, Ms. Cherrylou D. Repia, Assistant Regional Director of DepEd Region IV-A (CALABARZON); Mr. Rogelio F. Opulencia, OIC-Schools Division Superintendent of Tanauan; and Ms. Rhina O. Ilagan, Assistant Schools Division Superintendent of DepEd Tanauan City, visited the leaders of its various councils.
They included Mrs. Emma Mendoza of the PTA Federation, Elijah Hennezy Cabrera of the SSG Federation, and Jennica Jaira Sierra of the SPG Federation, to accept the Learning Hubs.
They also shared their token of appreciation through a Plaque of Recognition for Mayor Sweet and the City of Tanauan.
Funding for the purchase of the 5D learning Hub came from the city’s Special Education Fund (SEF) worth P44 million.
“The children, who are our future, cannot be interrupted, because education is very important to all of us. Whatever we face in the future, we know that we can have something that we actually drive up and we can educate the youth with,” the mayor said.