Here are Government Prescribed Specs for Tablets and PCs for home learning

One of the less questionable decisions the government has proposed during the COVID-19 pandemic as we move into this whole thing called the “new normal” is adapting a digital way of education for kids. This means the DEP-ED is looking to have students do schoolwork at the safety of their homes.

With that in mind, the department has pushed for the use of the Internet and devices to help kids learn. Here are the “prescribed” specs for tablets to be used by parents and students.

They are also adapting “transformer” type of tablets / laptops.

And here’s another one for the tablet.

So what do you guys think? I’m thinking this could be waaaay too much for some parents. So what happens if parents aren’t able to secure these types of machines? So that means the student misses a year?