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+ December 18, 2020 LEARNERS and educators in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) are still challenged by either slow or no internet connection that paved the use of other ways for the conduct of distance learning.
To communicate with students, the use of hand-held radios or walkie-talkies had been observed in several provinces in the region, according to the Department of Education (DepEd)–CAR.
In the province of Ifugao, there are 44 schools using walkie talkies, while there are 163 schools without signal, according to Pio Ecuan, DepEd-Ifugao assistant schools division superintendent.
Ecuan added some of the walkie talkies are provided by barangay officials, saying the gadget is used for monitoring purposes and for the provision of technical assistance since most of these schools do not have signals.