MANILA--A campus esports organization is expected to roll out a program in June for schools throughout the Philippines, as it seeks to usher in esports training and education at schools nationwide.

AcadArena will start the program on June 15, consisting of online workshops dedicated to the educational and competitive side of esports, it said in a press release.

This is part of the group's Alliance Program, in which participating students are expected to receive "hands-on training and development support to ensure that their students have a head start in the esports, gaming, and new media industries."

The program also employs a star-tier system, with campuses receiving perks and rewards the further they develop as esports teams.

The program will consist of a monthly series of workshops, which will all be done online amid the coronavirus pandemic, Frederick Sansait, director for external affairs at ISC Events and Media, told ABS-CBN News.

Students will also be given online modules concentrating on streaming, art, and competitive gaming operations in the course's "educational" aspect

For the program's competitive gaming aspect, the Alliance League, a 10-week tournament among students, will be launched with scholarships and project grants at stake for those competing. The tournament will be held in July.

There have also been an array of tournaments and relay matches, such as the Rivalries and Aces rolling out for the past months, and also includes Etrams, which serves as a "support system for tournaments held by student organizations."

"AcadArena emphasizes education and career development on top of competition to foster character growth and career development no matter the course," it said in a statement.

Some 250 schools have engaged with AcadArena for the initiative, it said.

“AcadArena always thinks of ways on how video games and esports can be relevant to student life,” AcadArena director Ariane Lim said in statement.

“Now, more than ever, institutions are looking for online solutions to education. We’re united with them at that front. By giving a platform for students to network through competition and do extracurricular activities in events management, broadcasting and design."

Under the current educational set-up in the Philippines, face-to-face learning has been suspended to comply with physical distancing and lockdown measures imposed by the government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019.

This has prompted students to settle for virtual classes in some academic set-ups, with blended learning methods to be introduced to students once classes open in the next academic year for those who lack the resources for Internet access.

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