The country’s first batch of 21st Century Learning Environment Model Classrooms in Lipa City, Batangas will be officially unveiled to the public on Monday, Aug. 13.
The event will commence by 2 pm at Inosloban-Maraoay National High School, one of the five public schools in Lipa City equipped with a 21st CLEM classroom.
This project was headed and implemented by the Department of Science and Technology in Calabarzon and the DoST Science Education Institute.
The model classroom was also supported by the Department of Education Schools Division of Lipa City and the Provincial Government of Batangas.
The project is monitored by the DoST-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development.
The inauguration will be a celebration of collaborative efforts put together by these agencies in trailblazing a modernized Philippine learning environment.
The event will also feature the ceremonial energization and Internet powering through Pipol Konek of INHS.
Meanwhile, the inauguration of the 21st CLEM project will be live streamed to its public school beneficiaries—Lipa City National Science High School, Bolbok National High School, Pinagtongulan National High School and San Celistino National High School.
Education Secretary Leonor Briones, Department of Information and Communications Technology Acting Secretary Usec. Eliseo Rio and the chairman of the National Electrification Administration Board of Administrators Armando Cusi will grace the event together with Senator Ralph Recto and Congresswoman Vilma Santos-Recto.
The mission of 21st CLEM is to support DepEd’s K to 12 curriculum through being a modern avenue that will “create learning practices, human support, and physical environment to facilitate the development of the 21st-century skills of both teachers and learners,” DoST said.
The inauguration will be a part of Lipa City’s program called “Taking on the Challenge of the 21st Century.”
