The document summarizes an interview with the principal of Estefania Elementary School regarding their application to participate in the T2T classroom project. Key points include: - The principal and teachers are eager to participate and have basic ICT training but would benefit from additional support. - The school commits to maintaining equipment in a secure room and fundraising to support the project with help from parents and community. - The school has good performance, with low absenteeism addressed through programs like feeding, and works to prevent drop-outs through home visits. - Infrastructure supports digital learning with stable electricity, moderate cell signal, and secure classrooms.

1. School name: Estefania Elementary School
T2T Validation Rank:
Person interviewed: Rechilda B. Tan
Position of person interviewed: Principal III
Other attendees: Ryan M. Reyes
Proposed T2T classroom: eClassroom
Actual Interview
Inside Shot of Classroom
Door
Window
School Ground
School Fence
Particular Comment(s):
• The school head is very eager to have the project. She has a little background about the project.
Criteria 1
School's openness and capacity to adapt to ICT-enabled instructions
• All of the teachers have mobile phones.
• All teachers have mobile phone with camera and video feature.
• The following are the trainings attended by the teachers: eClassroom Orientation
(PanaBoard Manipulation).
• Those who attended the ICT training used the skills learned in: teaching pupils on basic
computer operations, researching useful educational IMs and using them as motivation tool
in class.

2. Criteria 2
Commitment of the school to support and sustain the project
• The school keeps the equipment in a safe place/room.
• The school secures the equipment by providing a safe room with padlocks and steel grills.
• The school sustains their operational expense through: Secure funds from MOOE Maintenance Operations and Others Expenditures, Canteen Fund, and Organize fundraising
events together with PTA.
• The community supports and helps as project volunteers and fundraisers in school projects
and activities.
• The school organizes the following activities for the community: Barangay Child Protection
Council, Gulayan sa Paaralan, Tree Planting and Feeding Program.
• The projects fundraised and organized by the community are the following: Installation of
Water Tank, Brigada Eskwela and Repainting of School Walls.
• The following projects were fully maximized: Brigada Eskwela and Feeding Program.
Criteria 3
School performance indicators
• The school has a low bracket absenteeism rate of (3.0%).
• The following are the causes or reasons for low percentage of absenteeism rate: poverty,
sickness.
• The following are the ways to maintain zero percentage of absenteeism: Feeding program,
4P's.
• The school has zero drop-out rate.
• The following are the ways to maintain zero percentage of drop-out: 4P's, Feeding Program.
• The following interventions are employed to resolve issues on drop-out and absenteeism:
Home Visitation and Dialogue with Parents.
• The school's over-all mean percentage rating is 61.92%
• The school's over-all mean percentage ratings are as follows: English (57.5%); Science
(64.97%); and Math (52.89%)
• The following are the factors that contributes to result performance in National
Achievement Test: Weekend Review Classes, Remedial Classes and Enhancement Skills, Oral
Reading Intrams.
• There are 53 Grade 5 students and 52 Grade 6 students as average class size in the school.
• The school is a recipient of: Interactive whiteboard, E-Package and Bright Minds Reads
(Books).
Criteria 4
Accessibility to electrical power and Globe mobile phone signals
• Electricity in the area is stable.
• The GLOBE signal within the proposed T2T classroom is Moderate (4-5 bars).
• The Globe signal within the school ground is Moderate (4-5 bars).

3. Criteria 5
School's ability to provide security
• The proposed T2T classroom is a eClassroom.
• The size of the proposed T2T classroom is 7 x 9 meters.
• The following are present inside the proposed T2T classroom: 2 electrical socket(s) and
tables and chairs are less than the average class size.
• In terms of security the school has the following:
Proposed T2T Classroom: Windows are well built and with grills; Door is well built, with
doorlock, with padlock, with grills.
School ground: There are security guard/s provided by school/LGU or maintenance serving as
security personnel, well-built school gate and fence around the school.
• There is no case of theft recorded.
• There were no calamities experienced in school.
Criteria 6
External intervention support
• The external interventions/support received by the school are the following:
Local Government Unit: The BLGU donated paint brushes, paint and trash cans. Parents took
charge of the repainting. The City Government provided Nutribun for the undernourished
children. The barangay council donated trash cans for the perusal of the school.
NGO/Foundations and Private Institutions: Coca-cola Bottlers Corp. donated Nutri-Juice for
the students. McDonald's Corporation donated books and conducted demo teaching for
teachers. Flor Koh provided snacks for the undernourished Grade I-III pupils twice a week.
Criteria 7
Submission of reports
• The reports are sent to the DepEd office via hand carry.
• The following are the communication equipment present in school: Computer, Mobile
Phone and Telephone.
• Teachers have no difficulty in submitting reports.