ONE-STI Internet Connectivity Assistance First Semester, School Year 2021-22 TERMS AND CONDITIONS The following governs the transferring of load to qualified STI students officially enrolled in the First Semester of School Year 2021-22. Students/parents must affix signature in the space provided below to attest they have read, understood and accepted the terms and conditions stipulated hereunder. I. PURPOSE The Internet Connectivity Assistance (ICA) is part of the Online Onsite at STI Learning Model for SY202122. Since online learning is an important component of this model especially during the pandemic, STI aims to empower students with connectivity to access the STI eLearning Management System (eLMS) as well as other learning sites and applications. II. GENERAL TERMS a. The Smart data load of up to 34 GB every 30 days during the semester are free to qualified students. b. Globe data is available as an option to students and need to pay a non-refundable fee of Php 155 upon enrollment to avail of up to 20 GB of data load every 30 days for qualified students. c. New students need to provide their own Smart or Globe prepaid mobile number for registration to this program. d. Old students must use the sim issued during SY2020-21 or the existing prepaid number they registered. e. Other SIMs like Talk n’ Text (TNT), Sun, and Touch Mobile (TM) are not eligible under this program. f. Students can only register one SIM at a time. g. Students who are given the data load to their registered sim are encouraged to use it for its intended educational purpose. h. Call and text are not part of the load. Students may avail of call and text load at their expense from the school or other outlets. Any additional top-up on data is also at the student’s expense. III. STI ASSISTANCE a. The following will be provided by STI as part of its assistance to students: TELCO Open Access Data Learning Bundle Learning Apps/Sites Data Smart 4 GB every 30 days 1 GB per day (No roll-over) (No roll-over) NEO Elms, MS Teams, Office 365, Google, Youtube, Wikipedia, ZOOM, Messenger, other LMS Globe 5 GB every 30 days 500 MB per day (No roll-over) (No roll-over) NEO Elms, Office 365, Google, Wikipedia, ZOOM, Messenger, Viber, other LMS b. STI will take care of loading the data allowance every 30 days to qualified students. c. Other loads may be availed at the local STI school subject to the prevailing price. d. STI will coordinate services related to change/enrollment of a new personal SIM number to be registered under the Internet Connectivity Assistance. e. The bandwidth and signal strength are solely the responsibility of the TELCO provider and cannot be guaranteed. However, STI will do its best to coordinate with the providers for technical problems. IV. RESPONSIBILITY OF STUDENTS/PARENTS a. While the Smart data load is free to students and the Globe data load is subsidized, STI needs to pay Smart and Globe for their services to ensure continuity. In line with this, it is the responsibility of the students and their parents to settle payment of school fees on or before the given due dates. b. Students who miss to settle the payment for the required amount indicated in the assessment based on due date will not receive data load. They may load their SIMs at the school at the student’s expense. Data load for the succeeding months shall resume once the student is up-todate with their payments on or before the due dates. c. It is the student’s responsibility to inform the school personnel in-charge in case there’s a need to change or enroll a new SIM number under the Internet Connectivity Assistance. d. Students are expected to use the SIM number enrolled for them and data load responsibly for its intended educational purpose. STI reserves the right to discontinue the data load allocation due to irresponsible use. V. PROGRAM DURATION The Internet Connectivity Assistance under ONE-STI is a temporary program related to the delivery of online learning to students while face-to-face classes are limited or not allowed. The data plan and duration are subject to periodic review and may be terminated or revised by STI solely at its discretion when it deems appropriate. By affixing my signature below, I attest that I have read, understood and accepted the above terms and conditions. STUDENT: PARENT: ________________________ ________________________ Signature over Printed Name Signature over Printed Name Date: ___________________ Date: ____________________