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High school and college students no longer have to travel for hours to log on to the Internet, as the Sogod Community e-Center has become a center for e-learning in the community.
Public school teachers in Sogod, Cebu, introduce new teaching methods to facilitate easy learning. They frequent the Sogod Community e-Center to do research on teaching aides.
Before, teachers in the sleepy town of Sogod had to travel for two hours to access the Internet in Cebu City. “I always go to Cebu City to research on things I need for teaching,” relates Vivien Coming, a single mother and a pre-school teacher in her mid-20s.
On the Internet, Vivien says that it is easy to find teaching aids, educational games, and stories that she shares with co-teachers and students. So, the long road trip was a sacrifice that she willingly endured because she saw the value of the Internet to her line of work as an educator. So when she learned that a community e-Center had been set up in Sogod, she thought that it was a “gift from heaven.”
“We are very happy to have a community e-Center here in Sogod. It makes research so much easier, and I no longer have to incur huge travel costs,” Vivien said.




