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Table 8 shows the number of procured printers in good elementary, secondary, and ALS as provided by the
condition and available for teachers to use in the 14 respective school heads as well, the information on the
districts. It further shows the number of teachers in the ratio of printer to teacher use.

Table 8. Number of School Procured Printers and Ratio of Printer and Teacher in the Fourteen District of SDO
Benguet

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Number of school
procured printers
in good condition 121 118 232 154 139 122 103 141 99 247 199 58 178 113
and available for
teachers to use
Number of
Teachers 169 176 429 190 269 192 187 241 174 627 417 107 355 223

Ratio (Printer to
Teacher) 1:2 1:2 1:2 1:2 1:2 1:2 1:2 1:2 1:2 1:3 1:2 1:2 1:2 1:2

Using the ratio as basis, the available equipment or print- ingness of parents in providing other needed resources
ers for use of teachers is sufficient, but still the bulk of for their child to use.
materials to be printed must be taken into consideration
before assuring that these resources will be enough. If upon further validation, blended learning or distance
Equipment as we know have a life span, and regardless learning is the most applicable in the area or school lo-
of it being old or new, the possibility of technical issues cation, teachers must be well equipped with ICT gadgets
may still occur along the process, therefore, school heads and equipment to be able to deliver learning and teach-
were advised to include inventory of photocopier and ing effectively with utmost quality. Table 9 shows the
other machines for reproduction and plan smart on how identified number of teachers with and without laptop
they will spend their MOOE as reflected in their ongoing or desktop as determined in the Schools Readiness data
AIP accomplishment activity. This initiative of schools is entry of all 14 districts and the number of DCP laptops
considered one of their counterparts in the declared will- and desktops available for those with none to use.

Table 9. Number of DCP laptops and desktops and Number of Teachers With and Without ICT Equipment or
Gadgets.

There are more teachers with personal laptops and look into interventions they can do subject to DepEd
desktops as compared to the number of teachers having guidelines in order for them to take responsibility or
none. The number of DCP laptops and Desktops also identify what they need to do as counterpart to teach-
available in the schools are more than enough to be used ers who will be using their own desktops and/or laptops
by 686 teachers. The schools were also encouraged to purposely for teaching and learning.

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