As one of the most progressive cities in the region, the city of General Santos takes pride in its advancement efforts in every facet, whereby Connectivity is enhanced, and Automation is everywhere. In fortifying its global presence the city has its technological prowess to leverage- truly, SMART Gensan.
And, the city is only getting smarter.
The convergence of Department of Science and Technology Region XII, with Regional Director Engr. Sammy P. Malawan as the front liner, and the Department of Educationโ General Santos City, has brought Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly-Operated KioskS (STARBOOKS) to every school in General Santos โ permitting every student in the locality access to new learning possibilities.
In value of the battle cry of the department carried through RD Malawan to bring science, technology and innovation closer to every learner in the region, ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ turned over fifty-three (๐ฑ๐ฏ) ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐ผ forty-four (๐ฐ๐ฐ) ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ last February 7, 2023 held at Dadiangas West Central Elementary School during the STARBOOKS Turn-Over Ceremony and Users Training.
The STARBOOKS symbol was also awarded during the program symbolizing the strong partnership of both agencies in implementing the world-renowned โlibrary-in-a-boxโ in the entire city. It was received by the Curriculum Implementation Division โ Chief Juliet F. Lastimosa together with Education Program Supervisors Dr. Edilbert A. Reyes, and Aileen Jamero, representing Schools Division Superintendent Romelito G. Flores.
In his message of support, representing the Regional Director Engr. Malawan, PD Hadji Yassin pointed-โ๐บ๐ด๐จ๐น๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ด๐จ๐น๐ป๐ฌ๐น. ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.[๐จ๐๐ ] ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ further noting that “๐บ๐ป๐จ๐น๐ฉ๐ถ๐ถ๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ.
Over hundred participants witnessed the momentous event; principals from every recipient school attended, to personally receive their computer units installed with STARBOOKS system courtesy of Mr. Benjie Francisco, DOST XII STARBOOKS technical person.
Dr. Reyes later expressed his thanks coupled with his hope for more batches of STARBOOKS to be dispensed within their division remarking STARBOOKS as the most inexpensive yet exceptionally posh library every General Santos City School could ever possess.
Right after the turn-over, the DOST XII team led by PD Hadji Yassin and Mr. Francisco proceeded with the usersโ training subjecting the ICT coordinators of each school present so as to equip them with the essential skills, and knowledge in implementing the STARBOOKS in their respective stations.
Ending the activity in an inspiring note, PD Hadji Yassin had this said-โ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐บ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฐ. [๐ญ๐๐] ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐จ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐น๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐๐. ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท. ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐’๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ
๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ธ๐ข๐บ. ๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.