As the country’s education system shifts into e-learning due to the continued threat of COVID-19, Edukasyon.ph partnered with the Security Bank Foundation, Inc. (SBFI) to provide e-learning access to students displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The partnership allows SBFI to automate its scholarship application process and extend the same to its external college scholars. 

For Ivie Luizsa Joyce Azor, a first year college scholar taking up BS Business Administration in the University of the Philippines - Diliman, the online courses in Edukasyon.ph can be compared to the free courses offered by Harvard. 

“Most of their discussions were already tackled when I was in senior high school, so I guess this course was more of digging deeper in each terminology and giving complex examples,” Azor said.

Security Bank Cards also partnered with Edukasyon.ph to offer Security Bank Cardholders access to their paid courses. 

Senior high school (SHS) and college students of cardholders can now access the free specialized e-learning course from online institutions such as Udemy, Kadenze, and Google Garage.

For Jay-ar Guyena, a first year college scholar taking up BS Accountancy in De La Salle University, the partnership is beneficial because Edukasyon.ph allows easy access to tertiary programs for online learning. 

“It also offers various online learning courses for different undergraduate programs,” he added.

The SBFI Scholars for Better Communities Scholarship Program provides educational assistance to underprivileged  incoming college freshmen of School Year 2020-2021  with exemplary academic potential who plan to study in any of its eight partner schools namely, Ateneo de Manila University, Chiang Kai Shek College, De La Salle University, Far Eastern University, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, University of the Philippines Diliman and University of Santo Tomas. 

Aside from providing financial assistance, SBFI also extends developmental activities to its scholars and offers opportunities to be hired in Security Bank upon graduation. Apart from providing scholarships to deserving college students, other to education initiatives SBFI also involve construction of school buildings, and conduct of training programs.

Edukasyon.ph is among the country’s top online education platforms. It offers free and paid e-learning courses on Business, Arts and Design, Foreign Language, General Academics, Humanities and Social Sciences, Information Technology, Lifestyle and Vocational Training, Marketing and Communication, and Health Sciences  to senior high school (SHS) and college students.