The document discusses the Cyber Education Project in the Philippines. It aims to address challenges in the country's education system like low academic performance, high dropout rates, and a large population of illiterate youth and adults. The project will create a nationwide wireless network connecting schools using satellite technology. It will provide live video classes from expert teachers, educational materials, and teacher training resources. The network is expected to benefit over 13 million students across 37,794 schools in the Philippines at an affordable cost of 64 centavos per student per day. The Cyber Education Project aims to improve the delivery of basic education and enhance management of the school system.

1. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THE CYBER EDUCATION PROJECT JUNE 2007

6. CYBER ED : THE BEST RESPONSE TO THE CHALLENGES OF BASIC EDUCATION Cyber Ed is the quickest and most cost-effective way of delivering the same high quality education to all learners throughout the country

10. NETWORK CONFIGURATION

11. PROJECT CONNECTIVITY

15. EXPECTED REACH OF THE CYBER ED PROJECT Total School Beneficiaries: 37,794 Outside 1st and 2nd class cities Total schools with satellite-based facilities: 26,618 Elementary Schools: 22,855 (62%) Secondary Schools: 3,763 (77%) Additional 30% of elementary schools through clustering 90% of all public elementary and secondary schools stand to benefit from the project. Serving at least 13 MILLION students and 800 classes for OUT-OF-SCHOOL youth

16. PROJECT INVESTMENT Per capita cost of the Cyber Ed Project INITIAL PROJECT INVESTMENT (Year 1) $100M Chinese ODA + GOP Counterpart = PhP5.8B CYBER ED COST PER PUPIL Php1.22 per day VS. INTERNET CAFÉ COST (unguided learning) PhP 15.00 per hour

18. PROJECT INVESTMENT Economic per capita cost of Cyber Ed TOTAL PROJECT INVESTMENT PhP26.48B 5-YEAR AVERAGE YEARLY COVERAGE 13.6 Million Students 5-YEAR PER STUDENT COST PER DAY 64 CENTAVOS

21. “ Basic Education has the highest return on investment. We should invest in our youth.” MARAMING SALAMAT PO!