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DoST-STII, BPI Foundation partner for youth financial literacy

FROM being a platform for sharing content, Starbooks, short for Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated KioskS, has now evolved as a platform for sharing advocacies.

This is how Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DoST-STII) Director Richard Burgos described the recent advancement as the agency partners with BPI Foundation Inc., in its efforts to bring science, technology and innovation (STI) information to learners in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs).

BPI Foundation Inc. sponsors Starbooks-enabled computer sets, printers and Wi-Fi routers for 10 selected schools and communities. With BPI’s Owen Cammayo (7th from left) are representatives of the first recipient school Paz Sumulong Tanjuatco Elementary School in Tanay, Rizal. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO