Status Update: Online petition to revive CICT gains momentum

Faculty and students of IT departments of 15 state colleges and universities (SUCs) have declared their support for the restoration of Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) and the eventual creation of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

The support was made through an online petition over ipetitions.com which contains an appeal to restore CICT.

The petition has drawn more than 400 signatures over in a just a week, according to Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, chair of the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP) which initiated the on-line petition.

The stream of support statements were also related via e-mail messages to Theody Sayco, head of the IT department of Central Luzon State University.

The pledges of support to the appeal were gathered from the iSchools group composed of 39 SUCs all over the country who have implemented the iSchools Project, eSkwela Project, the Content Development Project, the Camp Blogs and the PC Recycling Projects under the CICT. More signatories are expected in the next few days, according to Sayco.

The schools include the

1. Central Luzon State University


2. Batangas State University


3. Bicol University


4. Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College


5. Visayas State University


6. Western Philippines University


7. Aklan State University


8. Capiz State University


9. Benguet State University


10. Tarlac State University


11. Davao Del Norte State College


12. Romblon State University


13. Southern Luzon State University


14. Tarlac State University


15. Pampanga Agricultural College

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Online petition to revive CICT gains momentum