DepEd now preparing for Palarong Pambansa — Lapus
April 11, 2009 12:20 am
By Hannibal C. Talete
MANILA, April 10 — The Department of Education (DepEd) has started preparations for this year's Palarong Pambansa — the country's biggest sporting event involving student athletes in the primary and secondary levels.
Education Secretary Jesli Lapus said on Friday the department is aiming to raise the level of the sporting competition to meet international standards.
Lapus also said that the 2009 Palaro, which will kick off on April 26 to May 2 at the refurbished Leyte Sports Development Center (LSDC) in Tacloban City, will once again make full use of information communications technology (ICT) in delivering real-time games results to the viewers.
“Whatever is the latest in the international standards, we expect them to be applied in the Palaro. We will continue to raise the level of competition as well as the management of the Palaro because it is the international arena that we should focus on,” Lapus told reporters.
“We expect a much improved wireless reporting of every sporting event, including the real time and on-line broadcast of events and results,” he added.
Lapus said the DepEd has created an Information, Communications and Documentation group to do wireless on-line reporting of the game results.
He said viewers here and abroad can access results of the games through the website of the DepEd at http://depedtfss.wikispaces.com, while residents of Tacloban can watch the results of the games through a wide screen projection located at strategic points in the city.
A total of 17 events have been lined up for the secondary level and 14 for the primary level. The athletes who will be competing in the Palaro emerged from the elimination round in regional athletic meets held months and weeks before the grand Palaro, according to DepEd records.
About 15,000 athletes and school officials from 17 delegations representing public and private elementary and secondary schools all over the country are expected to participate in the week-long sporting event. (PNA)
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