Yapster Press Release
Ednas School, one of the foremost non-sectarian school in Region I recently signed up to a three-year e-learning contract with Yapster e-Learning, Inc.
Ednas School is innovating its curriculum with the inclusion of over 1,000 e-learning licenses on offer this school year in its campuses in Dagupan, Pangasinan and San Carlos, Pangasinan. Established in 1966, Ednas School remains in the forefront of Philippine education and is now the first school in the country to implement e-Learning to students as young as Grade 4 students and the first in the North to adopt e-learning technology into its curriculum.
Included in its subscription will be basic IT courses and programming languages which are to be offered to students in the elementary and high school levels. These courses are recognized by internationally accredited vendors such as Microsoft. Basic IT courses will cover Introduction to Computer and Information Technology, Operating Systems and Data Filing, Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Presentation, and the Internet. Given the content accreditation of Yapster e-Learning’s courses and their success with so many academic institutions, it was a natural choice for Ednas School to partner with Yapster e-Learning.
“We decided to take on e-learning courses as part of our goal to enhance Ednas School’s educational services to our students,” Candy Gonzales-Blancaflor, Ednas School’s Academic Director, explained. “We want to make our curriculum more globally competitive that is why we have engaged Yapster e-Learning to assist us.”
Starting July 2003, the faculty of Ednas School Dagupan and San Carlos shall be attending orientation seminars by Yapster e-Learning in order to brief them on the functionality and use of the e-learning system. After which, implementation of installed courses shall be done on August 2003.
Yapster e-Learning is the country’s leading e-learning provider with a growing library of over 1,500 courses on business and IT. By offering only courses from global accredited vendors, Yapster e-Learning assures their customers of updated and globally accepted learning and training – key in ensuring that the Filipino is at par with its international peers.