Manila, Nov. 9 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., accompanied by First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos and Education Secretary Sonny Angara, on Monday led the launch of the nationwide distribution of more than 231,000 laptops for public school teachers.

They spearheaded the initial distribution of 209 Apple MacBook Neo units to 10 public schools in this city, marking the start of the rollout under the Department of Education's (DepEd) Computerization Program.

"Today, I am happy to be able to report that we are currently procuring more than 230,000 additional laptops for our teachers. This will consist of around 169,000 Apple Macbook Neo units, and more than 62,000 Acer units," Marcos said during the ceremonial turnover.

"In addition, we...