Grade 9 students from Pulangbato National High School in Valencia show their GeoSkwela booklets. More than 2,000 Negrense students from 16 schools will benefit from EDC’s GeoSkwela program for its pilot rolloutEnergy Development Corporation (EDC) formally launched a website and printed educational materials that will benefit more than 2,000 students from 16 schools in Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental on its pilot rollout.

The GeoSkwela online platform seeks to help teachers discuss difficult science topics such as energy transformation, sources, generation, transmission and distribution, as well as the environmental impacts of energy generation.

“EDC officially launched the GeoSkwela site and conducted a one-day training with the help of our resource speakers from the Knowledge Community. Through this site, the teachers can download reference materials, sample quizzes, experiments and other activities that will help them comprehensively explain what energy is, how it works and what its effects on the environment are,” said Norreen Bautista, head of EDC’s corporate relations department in Negros.

Bautista added that the site may help teachers create lesson plans for both face-to-face and online learning classes. She emphasized that the contents of the online platform are aligned with the science curriculum of the Department of Education (DepEd) for Grades 6, 9 and 11.

Aside from the GeoSkwela site, EDC prepared printed materials or visual aids like booklets for distribution to 16 schools in the DepEd divisions of Negros Oriental-Valencia District and Negros Occidental, alongside Bago City.

“We are grateful for the full support and commitment of the education department from the three divisions that we are working with. We also understand the challenge of internet connectivity in some schools, this is why we also prepared booklets with five modules per grade level. These good-quality booklets are meant to be used by the students enrolled in the current school year and by the next batch of enrollees,” said Bautista.

The launch event likewise emphasized the importance of becoming regenerative by striving to do more good for the planet and society, which is what EDC’s revitalized mission to forge collaborative pathways for a decarbonized and regenerative future is all about.

(Story/Photos by:Jolly Jamoralin)