Manila, Feb. 6 -- The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday partnered with the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to electrify last mile schools in the country.

In a speech, DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara underscored the urgency to secure the partnership to ensure the learner's welfare amid the Marcos administration's electrification programs for off-grid schools.

"Now power is a basic (need), kapag wala tayong power, wala ho tayo. Kaya iyong binibigay natin ngayon hindi lang kuryente iyan, hindi lang ilaw, pag-asa ang ibinibigay natin sa ating kababayan (if we don't have power, we are nothing. That's why what we are granting today is not just electricity, not just light, but we are giving hope to our fellow countrymen),...