Criminals can get in the way of education.
“Students at the St. Nicholas School in Twinville Subdivision, Concepcion Dos, Marikinina City—which advocates the use of tablets and laptops instead of textbooks—have become favorite targets of robbers,” reports Non Alquitran in The Philippine Star.
The report quoted school administrator Eleazardo Kasilag, who has sought the help of the Marikina police to stop criminals from victimizing students and teachers. He added that robbers are now apparently stalking the school’s students—all of whom, from pre-school to high school, are equipped with tablets—in the subdivision.
The latest incidents involved an eighth grader who lost his bag containing a Dell laptop and a tablet to three men riding a motorcycle. Then, Jescelyn Cantillo, a science adviser to fourth year high school students, also lost her tablet to motorcycle-riding robbers last week.
