Inside DepEd's AI initiative: How Angara's data-driven push is reshaping education reform

Manila Bulletin looks at how ECAIR was set up to fix decades of fragmented DepEd data, and how Project DUNONG, Project SIGLA, and Project TALINO changed school-head selection, teacher paperwork, and infrastructure visibility in year one.

Summary

Merlina Hernando-Malipot reports on the Education Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, which DepEd established to confront a problem that had persisted for decades: fragmented records, manual reporting, and inconsistent data. Secretary Sonny Angara said ECAIR's initiatives — Project DUNONG, Project SIGLA, and Project TALINO — have already improved how school leaders are selected, reduced the paperwork carried by teachers, and sharpened visibility of school infrastructure. Angara noted a "marked improvement" in data quality compared with a year earlier while acknowledging the transformation is not finished. The story closes on plans to scale the work further under the 2026 budget.

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