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    1) The Philippines faces challenges in education due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with enrollment dropping by 7 million students and a 70% expected drop in higher education enrollments. Blended learning was implemented, but many schools and students lack access to technology and training. 2) The Department of Education addresses these challenges through a Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan that allows different learning modalities including face-to-face, distance, and blended depending on local conditions. However, supporting independent learning and producing needed materials and teacher training poses difficulties. 3) While aiming to continue education amid the crisis, implementing the plan faces challenges in supporting all students, acquiring sufficient funding, and minimizing negative impacts on student development from limited

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    1) The Philippines faces challenges in education due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with enrollment dropping by 7 million students and a 70% expected drop in higher education enrollments. Blended learning was implemented, but many schools and students lack access to technology and training. 2) The Department of Education addresses these challenges through a Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan that allows different learning modalities including face-to-face, distance, and blended depending on local conditions. However, supporting independent learning and producing needed materials and teacher training poses difficulties. 3) While aiming to continue education amid the crisis, implementing the plan faces challenges in supporting all students, acquiring sufficient funding, and minimizing negative impacts on student development from limited

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    1) The Philippines faces challenges in education due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with enrollment dropping by 7 million students and a 70% expected drop in higher education enrollments. Blended learning was implemented, but many schools and students lack access to technology and training. 2) The Department of Education addresses these challenges through a Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan that allows different learning modalities including face-to-face, distance, and blended depending on local conditions. However, supporting independent learning and producing needed materials and teacher training poses difficulties. 3) While aiming to continue education amid the crisis, implementing the plan faces challenges in supporting all students, acquiring sufficient funding, and minimizing negative impacts on student development from limited

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    Education in the New Normal: A Closer Look at the Philippines’

    Learning Solutions Amidst the Pandemic (written by Diether


    Navarosa and Camille Luiza Fernando— October 24, 2020)

    While the country is fighting the challenge brought about by the


    coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Commission on
    Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Education (DepEd) adopt
    and implement the flexible model of blended learning despite many
    oppositions. As the classes resumed, unceasing students’ concerns and
    teachers’ outcry were in the limelight —exposing the disadvantages that
    these learning solutions are posing.

    In the Philippine educational system, enrollment for elementary and


    high school plunges by seven million (DepEd, 2020; Jorge, 2020). While
    this still leaves 74.6 percent out of the 27.7 million students in public and
    private schools, the remaining 25.4 percent is still a huge drop in the
    ocean. Meanwhile, a 70 percent drop from last year’s 3.2 million enrollees
    is expected in private higher educational institutions (HEIs) and state
    universities and colleges (SUCs) (CHED, 2020; Romero, 2020). Among the
    top concerns of this virtual opening of classes are the access to the
    appropriate technology required for remote learning, teachers’ training,
    and instructional materials, and online curricula for modular approach
    (Altbach and De Wit, 2020; HESB, 2020). Thus, it implies that numerous
    private and public HEIs and SUCs — and CHED as such — are not
    equipped to implement the online learning system (Toquero, 2020).

    Facing the education gap

    While pandemic has laid bare in most education systems all over the
    world, Philippine HEIs goes on through utilizing virtual classrooms or
    primary online educational platforms such as Zoom, Google Classroom,
    Messenger, Edmodo, Facebook, and Youtube to name a few — to host the
    blended and distance learning (Tria, 2020).

    In our country, especially in remote areas, the problem with internet


    speed exacerbates when traditional classes transition online. For the
    record, it ranked eleventh slowest in upload speed and sixteenth slowest in
    download speed among 87 countries (as cited by Ragandang, 2020); while
    named 21st or 72.4 percent — leveled from those of Albania, Brazil, and
    Tunisia, among others — in terms of 4G availability (Mercurio, 2020).

    For instance, this connectivity issue has pushed teachers in Bato,


    Catanduanes to consider using Radio Eduko (Radyo Edukasyon Ko), or a
    two-way radio communication that can be able to reach their Grade 6
    students in Cagraray Elementary School (CES) wherever they are — all to
    keep up with their education (DepEd, 2020). They believe that their
    students will no longer take on the burden of signal and connection in
    which cellular phones and online learning is impossible in their area. But it
    does not, in any way, guarantee quality and inclusive learning.

    Philippines - The New Normal In Basic Education.


    Legal News & Analysis - Asia Pacific - Philippines - Regulatory &
    Compliance
    4 November 2020
     
    As the country continues to confront different issues brought about by the
    coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Department of Education
    (DepEd) is addressing the challenges in the basic education for the school year
    2020-2021 through its Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP) under
    DepEd Order No. 012, s. 2020.
     
    The BE-LCP is consistent with the mandate of Section 1, Article XIV of the 1987
    Constitution for the state to protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality
    education at all levels, and to take appropriate steps to make such education
    accessible to all. Under Section 6, Chapter 1 of Republic Act No. 9155, or the
    Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001, DepEd is vested with the authority,
    accountability, and responsibility for ensuring access to, promoting equity in, and
    improving the quality of basic education.
     
    Hence, the BE-LCP aims to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the learners,
    teachers, and personnel in the time of COVID-19, while finding ways for education
    to continue amidst the crisis. In particular, the BE-LCP has been designed with a
    legal framework responsive to the “new normal,” keeping in mind the constitutional
    mandate to uphold the right of all citizens to quality education at all times.
     
    In line with this, the learning delivery modalities that schools can adopt may be one
    or a combination of the following, depending on the local health conditions, the
    availability of resources, and the particular context of the learners in the school or
    locality:
     
    1. Face-to-face. This refers to a modality where the students and the teacher
    are both physically present in the classroom, and there are opportunities for active
    engagement, immediate feedback, and socio-emotional development of learners.
    Notably, this modality is feasible only in very low risk areas with no history of
    infection, easily monitored external contacts, and with teachers and learners living in
    the vicinity of the school.
     
    2. Distance learning. This refers to a modality where learning takes place
    between the teacher and the learners who are geographically remote from each
    other during instruction. This modality has three types, namely: Modular Distance
    Learning, Online Distance Learning, and Television/Radio-Based Instruction. This is
    most viable for independent learners, and learners supported by periodic supervision
    of parents or guardians.
     
    3. Blended Learning. This refers to a learning delivery that combines face-to-
    face with any, or a mix of, Modular Distance Learning, Online Distance Learning,
    and Television/Radio-Based Instruction. Blended learning will enable the schools to
    limit face-to-face learning, ensure social distancing, and decrease the volume of
    people outside the home at any given time.
     
    4. Homeschooling. This modality aims to provide learners with quality basic
    education that is facilitated by qualified parents, guardians, or tutors who have
    undergone relevant training in a home-based environment. However, this modality
    will be the subject of a later DepEd issuance since there remain several issues in its
    implementation, including the supervision of licensed teachers and alignments with
    the standard curriculum.
     
    In application, however, the BE-LCP is confronted with different challenges.
     
    First, in the implementation of the various learning delivery modalities, the challenge
    will be in dealing with learners under any of the modes of distance learning or
    blended learning who are not capable of learning independently, or who are not
    periodically supported by their parents or guardians. Also critical for the
    implementation will be the mass production of the needed teachers and learners’
    learning materials, as well as the support of media institutions like TV and radio
    stations.
     
    Second, DepEd will need substantial and additional financial resources in order to
    meet the objectives of the BE-LCP. This is where the support of the respective local
    government units, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders become
    indispensable.
     
    Third, the holistic development of students will likely be affected. With the BE-LCP in
    place, the students will have limited opportunities for interaction with their teachers
    and classmates. Thus, their learning outcomes may be affected, and there may be
    negative impacts on the students who cannot easily cope with the change. This is
    where support interventions not only by DepEd but also by the family becomes
    relevant to mitigate this effect.
     
    Verily, the learning environment amidst the COVID-19 pandemic will be very
    different. Yet, the DepEd is optimistic that despite the various socio-economic
    situations of families which affect the provision of learning support in the home, and
    the peculiar needs of different learners, the BE-LCP could be the key to providing
    quality basic education which is accessible and responsive in the new normal.
     

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