Press Office -
PR#28–2010, April 26, 2010 |
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Japanese Deputy Chief of Mission Will Visit Recipient School of
Japan-Funded PCs for Public Schools Project
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Japanese Deputy Chief of Mission, Minister Kato is going to visit Santa Barbara National High School in Iloilo City, one of the recipient schools of the Japan-funded project to distribute personal computers for public high schools nationwide, on April 27, 2010. The project (PCs for Public Schools Project) was funded by Japan through the Counter-value Fund, which the Philippine Government accumulated by selling the commodities procured under Japan's Non-Project Grant Aid for the Philippines.
Japan has been financing the “PCs for Public Schools Project” through the Counter-value Fund under Japan's Non-Project Grant Aid. The project has had four (4) phases (Note: the Mindanao component only is being implemented under the 4th phase.). The total amount of Japan's contribution to the “PCs for Public Schools Project” is approximately 1.8 billion pesos.
The Counter-value Fund has enabled the Philippine Government to implement various projects for its socio-economic development. Notably, in addition to the project to distribute personal computers for public high schools nationwide, the Counter-value Fund projects include the project to construct the Philippine Judicial Academy Development Center of the Supreme Court in Tagaytay.
Japan has been the top ODA donor to the Philippines for many years. The assistance through Japan's Non-Project Grant Aid and its Counter-value Fund projects will firmly continue to support the Philippine Government to reduce poverty and improve its economic structure, and will further enhance the strategic partnership between the two countries.
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