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source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer

The integration of information technology in basic education and making it free as a college course are being pushed by two lawmakers at the House of Representatives who filed separate bills on the proposal.

Marikina Representative Marcelino Teodoro filed House Bill No. 8 seeking the inclusion of IT as a compulsory subject in public and private elementary and high schools.

“Whereas before, intelligence and emotional quotient would be sufficient for the holistic development of a child, we could no longer limit ourselves to these factors considering the changing of time," Teodoro said.

He stressed in his proposal that teaching IT in schools would encourage young people to put technology to good use, as well as make them more globally competitive when they grow up.

Cebu City First District Raul Del Mar filed House Bill 442 mandating students to avail of free college IT education from state universities and colleges.

Del Mar said the bill, to be known as the "Free Information and Communication Technology College Education Act of 2001," seeks to provide a two-year free college education in ICT courses to all high school graduates of public schools.

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