Over a hundred young Mangyan students and their teachers—who cross multiple rivers to reach their school—can now look forward to better learning tools, training, connectivity, and more equitable access to quality education.

PLDT and wireless arm Smart have delivered their innovative learning package School-in-a-Bag to Apo Elementary School in Apo Island, Negros Oriental, one of the Philippines’ last mile schools.

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart assure recently appointed Education Secretary Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara of their continued support in helping the DepEd improve the country’s Basic Education system under its five-point agenda.

PLDT Group, together with DICT, turned over a School-in-a-Bag package to Sta. Cruz National High School in the Island Garden City of Samal, to help elevate the quality of education especially in hard-to-reach areas.