Mobile phone troubleshooting and repair now part of electronics curriculum

Cellphone Troubleshooting and Repair will form part of the electronics curriculum starting next school year.

This was announced by COMTEQ technical support director, Mancy B. Joaquin. 

Joaquin said that the increasing number of cellphone users makes it imperative for the school to incorporate the subject in its electronics curriculum.

The Philippines is a country with the most number of cellphone users earning for it the moniker the cellphone capital of Asia.

“It has always been a policy of the school to keep abreast with the latest in technology,” Joaquin said in explaining the move,

“By doing so, we also increase the graduates’ chances of being hired because companies would always prefer those with actual work experience in cellphone repair when hiring electronics technician,” he said.

Once the subject is included in the curriculum, the students enrolled in electronics course will get to experience actual cellphone troubleshooting and repair as early as their school days.

Students can also do cellphone repairs on the side to earn money even while they are studying.

“This is in keeping with our motto: Nag-aaral ka pa lang, may work experience ka na,” Joaquin stressed.

Admin and student council vow to keep COMTEQ a drug-free campus

The COMTEQ Student Council and COMTEQ Deputy Administrator Ansbert B. Joaquin have agreed to implement measures to ensure a drug-free campus at COMTEQ Computer College starting next school year.

Under the scheme, parents or guardians of COMTEQ students shall, upon enrollment, subscribe to the Drug Free Campus Program by signing a Waiver and Consent that stipulates that any student, at any given time during his stay, may be asked by the school to submit himself to drug testing at his own expense.

The student will also sign the waiver to signify his conformity with the school policy, as a precondition to his enrollment.

COMTEQ Assistant Registrar, Dennise Debatian said the scheme is primarily designed to discourage drug users from enrolling at COMTEQ.

“Like computer viruses, the use of prohibited drugs is a contagion in many campuses among peer groups,” Debatian explained.   “And it is best to discourage drug users from enrolling at COMTEQ if only to prevent them from infecting other students whose primary objective in enrolling at COMTEQ is to study,” he added.
 

Students who fail the test and those who would not submit themselves to drug testing, despite due notice, shall be considered dropped from school.

Drug testing shall be administered by school physician, Dra. Babylyn Sagum-Enad.

In a meeting with the school administration, CSC officials volunteered to support the project by reporting any student found using any prohibited drug like marijuana and shabu.

For its part, the school administration vowed to keep the identities of the students, both the user and the whistleblower, confidential.