TV and radio learning materials are the 'missing link,' especially for younger students, says Senator Sherwin Gatchalian.
The public school system’s preparations for the scheduled opening of classes on August 24 are about “70% completed,” Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Thursday, July 23.
“The only missing link are TV and radio, because that’s a very important component of distance learning,” the senator said. Only 40% of public school students have some form of internet access, more than half of which is through mobile data that tends to be unreliable, Gatchalian said. Estimating DepEd preparations to be “70% completed,” Gatchalian said he is “convinced” the country will manage to open classes – using distance learning – on August 24, as scheduled by the DepEd.
Even local governments of places with low COVID-19 case numbers refuse to hold face-to-face classes, Gatchalian said. Even if young people are said to be resilient to the virus, they may end up bringing it home to their more vulnerable family members if they contract in at school. “We still need to see if there is already mapping [of LWDs’ homes] and if there are specialists available to go to the children,” the senator said.The coronavirus pandemic has forced the Philippine education system to shift to distance learning, dispensing with physical classes to avoid exposing students to the virus.
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