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Teaching-Learning modality under the new By Joseph Bryan Bagood, Teacher In Charge, New Corregidor Elementary School, Siquijor It is common knowledge that education is the key to become productive citizens in our country so that most, if not all, of the parents are working hard to earn money just to sustain the needs of their children. But the present education system has encountered challenges in delivering basic education caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, where holding of classes in schools is compromised due to prohibitions following the implementation of General Health and Safety Protocols such as convergence and face-to-face contact. Thus, the School Year 2020-2021 shifted to distance learning delivery. The education system is greatly affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. But despite this, the Department of Education (DepEd) Siquijor Division is still adamant to continue delivering basic education to all Siquijodnons.
This institution is doing its best to distinguish the effective modality to be implemented in every school. These include different learning delivery modalities that the department will look into such as Online Learning, Modular Distance Learning, Blended Learning, Radio-Based Instruction, and TV-Based Instruction. Identifying the right modality was done through a survey using the Learners Enrolment Survey Form (LESF) where the parents/guardians choose the modality suited or applicable for their children. For Siquijor province, the survey results show that Modular Distance Learning (MDL) is the modality that most of the parents and guardians preferred. But how ready are the parents, learners or education sector in this system of learning delivery? Undoubtedly, the shift of the teachinglearning delivery in schools to modular distance learning made more challenging, on the part of the school personnel, the delivery of basic quality education. That is why DepEd
The Siquijor Province Parole and Probation Office together with its Larenabased clients, Volunteer Probation Assistants (VPAs), barangay officials of barangays Sandugan and Cangmalalag and its Sangguniang Kabataan conducted a coastal cleanup activity in line with the celebration of the International Coastal Cleanup Day at Dumalaay Boulevard, Larena, Siquijor. Lecture-seminar on marine life and coastal preservation also followed in preparation for the upcoming celebration of the National Correctional Consciousness Week in October.
leaders are always finding avenues to solve the problems and capacitating its teachers and school heads to become more effective in their field for the modular distance learning. As frontliners in the educational system, they have undergone various trainings and seminars to be more equipped in delivering better education amid the COVID-19 pandemic as it is a norm of the department to train teachers not just for professional growth but to become ready for unexpected circumstances. Identified teaching personnel together with the Education Program Supervisors prepared modules starting in May 2020 in all subjects for all grade/year level across four quarters in accordance to the “Most Essential Learning Competencies”. These self-learning modules are already considered learning packages containing pre-test, discussion, and a series of evaluation/assessment. They are distributed to all learners with the modular learning class schedule. The class will guide the learners on what subjects and modules they have to study and learn for the particular week. Learners will just focus on two subjects in a week with the intended number of modules per subject. Textbooks and other learning materials in schools are also ready for dissemination as additional learning references. However, issues on reading and writing instruction are among the expected problems, particularly for the Kindergarten to Grade Three classes. Reading and writing are necessary in these stages, and the modules cannot guarantee in building the fundamental of the said skills. In this level, actual discussion is essential but because of the restrictions imposed on face-to-face contact, the Schools Division Office organized a group composed of Kindergarten to Grade 3 teachers to shoot videos aligned to the content of the specific modules. These videos will be stored in a CD or USB and distributed to the K-3 parents/ guardians which will be shown to their kids as part of the teaching-learning process. To gauge the learning mastery of the children, a graded test will be set. A summative test will be given every Friday while a periodical test will be administered in the ninth week of the quarter. The results will be reviewed and will be the basis for further intervention. Performance, as one of the criteria of the grading system, will be assessed through the outputs and projects required in a quarter. It is in this context that parents/ guardians play a vital role for the fruitful outcome of this endeavor. Their guidance and support inspire the kids to work hard and be motivated to study. Under the new normal, school personnel, parents, and stakeholders must work jointly with each other for the learners to acquire the best quality education that they deserve. (rac/PIA7-Siquijor)
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Turning fear to joy in this pandemic by Rizalie Anding Calibo
They bring tears to one’s eyes. Not out of fear but tears of joy for the simple yet extraordinary efforts the Siquijodnon Pulis have made in this time of storm brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Salamat, salamat gyud kaayo sa inyong tabang (Thank you very much for your help,)” Nanay Dada blurted out in tears as she endlessly thanked the Siquijodnon Pulis for the help. All those years, Nanay Diosdada Tangcay, 70, and Tatay Porferio Tangcay, 61, together with their son, Marlon, lived in a shanty house at Lower Songculan, Siquijor, Siquijor without a hint of hope and comfort. Anyone can imagine living in a house walled with empty sacks, used woods and old amakan (a ply of wooven bamboo strips), with damaged thatched roofs so that when rain comes they have to sleep together on a long chair for them not to get soaked, recounted Tatay Porferio. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic with all its restrictions for both rich and poor, young and old. What chances do the Tangcay family have of finding extra income to improve their house when they aready had a hard time looking for food, even without the pandemic? But thanks to the Bayanihan spirit that continues to persevere amid the pandemic, hope did come for the Tangcay family in the form of men in uniform. While going to far-flung areas to distribute goods and services, the Siquijodnon Pulis passed by one house that caught their attention. The sight of the old, dilapidated house and the sad story of the family living in it moved the cops to reach out and work beyond their call of duty - that of constructing a house, one that is small yet comfortable and safe enough for the Tangcay family.
BAHAY MO, ALAY KO. The sight of this old, dilapidated hut in Songculan, Siquijor, Siquijor, moved the Siquijodnon Pulis to construct a house for the Tangcay family. (SPPO photo)
BAYANIHAN SPIRIT is well and alive in Siquijor as the Siquijodnon Pulis went out of their way to help the indigent family get a decent shelter. (rac/PIA-Siquijor On Aug. 27, 2020 until Aug. 28, 2020, a group of Siquijodnon Pulis built the house that became a decent shelter and provided mat and pillows that brought Nanay Dada to tears, and inspired the Siquijodnon Pulis to work harder. This is putting into realization the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Kapwa Ko, Sagot Ko-Adopt a Family program dubbed as “Bahay Mo, Alay
Ko,” which encourages PNP officers to help indigent families in the community particularly during this time of pandemic and where police personnel nationwide shelled out cash and gave donations in kind as they heed the call to put into action the Bayanihan spirit by helping poor families survive the hardship caused by COVID 19-19. (rac/PIA7-Siquijor w/ SPPO report)