The Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Wednesday that it is looking about replacing the reportedly "outdated and pricey" laptops bought for public school teachers last year.

Atty. Michael Poa, the spokesperson of DepEd, said if the P2.4-billion worth of laptops in question is proven to have not been of quality, they will either seek a “quick fix” or invoke the warranty provision of these gadgets.

“Tingnan natin kung mabagal talaga. Kung meron tayong quick fix within the department para matulungan iyong mga guro, gawin na natin. But that’s the first course of action,” he said during a joint presser with the Office of the Vice President.

According to Poa, the DepEd will also pursue a legal course of action: “Kung talagang mabagal talaga iyong mga computer and not up to par with what we wanted, iyan pong mga computer, as far as I understand, ay covered pa rin ng warranty.”

(If the computers are really slow and not up to par with what we wanted, we should know that, as far as I understand, these computers are still covered by warranty.)

In coordination with the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) – who was responsible for purchasing the laptops, Poa said the DepEd would invoke the warranty clause under the contract with the supplier.

“Doon na natin pag-uusapan if may magagawa pa sila riyan or papalitan nalang iyong laptops ng supplier. But again, these are all legal remedies,” he added.

(That’s when we’ll talk about if the supplier can still do something about it or if they would replace the laptops instead. But again, these are all legal remedies.)




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