Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Cheaper Quality Maintenance Alternatives for Public Schools Computers Made Available

Is your school have been a victim of scrupulous computer technicians and suppliers who take opportunity of limited technical know how of your teachers, school heads and personnel?  Have one experienced buying an expensive replacement for pc motherboard or a memory only to find out later that its only the power supply which has problem.  Or have one been convinced that the school computer unit need upgrade even when it is still fully operational just because its already running too slow though what it need is to erase files no longer needed or to free some disk space?

It is for this reason that this blogger, the Learning Captain suggests that schools with no little or basic know how on basic computer specifications and maintenance are not advised to invest on buying their own not unless they are technically ready or is willing to learn the basics of trouble shooting while the unit they are planning to buy is still under warranty.

All these has ended for DepEd has already released DepEd Order No. 36, s. 2011, DepEd Policy on Repair and Maintenance of Computer Units that are Out of Warranty for districts and divisions with existing Technical-Vocational Schools (TECVOC SCHOOLS).

This order could also be considered recognition to already existing partnerships with these schools including schools under CHED and TESDA.

The order was issued to provide an alternative means for the repair and maintenance of computer units which is not only cheaper but will also provide better training ground to Tech-Voc Schools and to support the Strengthened Technical-Vocational Education Program (STVEP).

This will also provide schools cheaper and quality services for their computer units’ maintenance needs as well as providing quality, practical hands on training to the mentioned schools.

The Learning Captain is seeing the possibility of going beyond maintenance to encoding and programming needs of schools that could be done in these partnerships.

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