Manila, June 20 -- A total of 17 schools located in remote areas of the Philippines have been connected to the internet using satellite internet service Starlink through the Department of Information and Communications Technology's (DICT) School Connectivity Drive.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the program's launch through a livestream with public school representatives in these 17 remote schools at the Flora Ylagan High School in Quezon City on Thursday.

In a statement on Friday, DICT Secretary Henry Aguda said the program is part of the "Digital Bayanihan" in the education sector in cooperation with the Department of Education (DepEd) in line with Marcos' order to connect Filipinos in all corners of the country.

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