President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. led the ceremonial turnover of MacBook laptops to public school teachers in Dagupan City, Pangasinan, on Monday, November 9.
Marcos was joined by First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and Education Secretary Sonny Angara during the ceremony, where the Department of Education (DepEd) distributed 209 Apple MacBook Neo units to teachers and administrative officers from 10 schools in the city.
The turnover marked the initial rollout of the DepEd’s nationwide distribution of more than 231,725 laptops under its Computerization Program.
The initiative aims to provide public school teachers with access to modern digital tools to enhance lesson preparation, improve classroom instruction, streamline administrative tasks, and support the integration of technology into teaching and learning.
Under the program, DepEd will distribute more than 172,000 MacBook Neo units and over 62,000 Windows-based laptops to public school teachers nationwide until March 2027.
The initiative is intended to equip teachers with modern technology to support lesson preparation, classroom instruction, administrative work, and other teaching responsibilities.
DepEd said the procurement of approximately 231,000 MacBooks generated around ₱1.4 billion in government savings.
Apple described the deployment as the largest MacBook rollout in the company's history, highlighting the scale of the government's investment in digital education.
