MANILA, Philippines - Diliman Computer Technology Institute (DCTI) and Unitech Educational Program Corp. held its first graduation with 250 students successfully finishing the Computer Literacy Training Program last Feb. 6. The graduates finished seven modules including Microsoft XP-Operating System, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, HTML, Adobe Photoshop, and Flash.
Quezon City Councilor Julian Coseteng delivered the opening remarks while Diliman Educational Corp. (DEC) OIC and IT head Jade Deinla gave the keynote speech on behalf of DEC president and former senator Nikki Coseteng. Perry Coseteng, DCTI executive director, delivered the closing remarks.
DCTI is the country’s only Open Source training and certification institute that is authorized by the Open Source Technology Association of the Philippines to conduct programs, offer courses, issue certifications to qualified practitioners, promote free Open Source software in the Philippines and market the training programs to students and corporate clients.
The program is just the first of DCTI and Unitech’s Community Services and Relations projects. With the initiative of Nikki Coseteng, DCTI and Unitech plan to bring the Computer Literacy Training Program to different cities and municipalities of the country, especially in public high schools.