Project Karunungan Project Karunungan

2020 Project Karunungan’s three main objectives;

To increase the turnout of elementary and highschool enrollees in time of pandemic using remote learning and help parents and students the set-up of blended learning as a mode of new normal education;

To bridge the gap of non-face-to-face learning by providing necessary materials and streamlining its process; and b ) To answer the need to increase the turn-out of enrollees, PK launched multiple Information Education Campaigns (IEC), between July and October 2020, handing out leaflets to reach the grassroots level and through social media to amplify the reach. The team launched the campaign about blended learning and how do students get enrolled in this new normal set-up. PK managed to distribute 1,300+ leaflets that explain the blended learning for selected households [6] and launched the social media page of Project Karunungan that serves as the second platform of the campaign, aside from the SK Dila Page [7] PK also provided a help deskenrollment desk satellite inside the barangay hall The desk served as a bunk place for enrollment forms and a source of information about Project Karunungan and Blended learning. c ) To help bridge the gap of non-face-to-face learning set-up and to augment the need for internet connectivity, PK has made multiple channels and partnered with various private institutions to help both the teachers and students. This is through establishing five educational hubs with free WiFi internet, three (3) major printing hubs for teachers and students, and providing information on free and easy access to internet search engines Moreover, PK has also distributed a total of 1,117 educational kits for elementary and high school students Educational kits vary according to their chosen modality The 1,012 Educ kits contained stationeries and reusable envelopes, and 105 students received OTG flash drives for digital learning. Each education kit has a pamphlet of PK’s provided facilities and help students adjust in the new normal set-up [10].

To augment the need for internet connectivity.

The three main objectives are made to ultimately deliver quality education; make it free and accessible for all in the time of the pandemic through community consultations to create responsive activities to offer answers for the evolving needs of public school students in Barangay Dila.

With PK’s multiple campaign platforms, the meaning of blended learning by DepEd gained more retention to the community, especially for the parents and students. And most importantly, it significantly increased the total number of enrolled students for the school year 2020-2021, comparing the data of January to July and August to October 2020 enrollees' turn-outs [9].

Profiling of learners [see data student beneficiary] through close coordination of the two schools to the PK team, enabled PK to tailor-fit the kits to student’s needs; making PK a part of the student support system in the trying time

It also forged partnerships with Globe telecom, who provided the five educational hubs with free access to internet connection inside an outdoor tent. Globe also lent a hand in printing of IECs.

Additionally, the National Bookstore PH has also managed to give PK a total of 600 school supplies kits through their “Project Aral”. The school supplies were included in PK's educational kits which were distributed for grade school pupils

But the spirit of bayanihan did stop on private partnerships; individuals also sent their help by donating through cash or in-kind donations Thanks to PK’s media partners that made our donation drive widen its reach [11] The Philippines Star Ngayon wrote an article about the far-flung community of Sitio Oliva [12], and the Phillipine Information Agency has introduced the PK’s call for donation. Making its donation [13] drive noteworthy as they have reached the farthest corner of Barangay Dila.

[9] See Graph 1 on results and out comes

[10] See PK Student Brochure bit.ly/PKStudentBrochure

[11] See Annex A for Report on Social Media

[12] See article on Philippine Star on this link, https://www.philstar.com/othersections/newsmakers/2020/07/31/2031763/oliva

[13] See PIA article on this link, https://www.facebook.com/piagovph4a/photos/a.200232210185708/1582806165261632/?type=3