Hedcor sets learning assessment tools in 3 Benguet town schools
>> Saturday, April 10, 2021
ITOGON, Benguet -- Hedcor has rolled out
assessment tests in three municipalities in Benguet to determine whether grade
school students are learning through distance education amidst Covid-19
pandemic.
This initiative is in partnership with Synergeia Foundation and will be administered to Grades 2 to 6 in Sablan, Itogon and Tuba.
The outcome of the tests which cover English, Filipino and Mathematics would help educators and local governments assess their competency levels and implement remedies if necessary, to improve them.
Synergeia Foundation, in collaboration with the local government units, pushed for the creation of assessment tool to determine whether remote education is working as the Covid-19 pandemic closed schools and forced children to learn from their homes.
“The results of these assessments would give us an insight on the effectiveness of current remote education methodologies, and identify which communities would need support in strengthening distance education,” said Noreen Vicencio, Hedcor’s vice president for corporate services.
She added through assessments, partner LGU with Dept. of Education can recalibrate strategies to ensure needed skills in English, Filipino and Mathematics are achieved per grade level.
Synergeia president and CEO Milwida Guevara said, “We’re doing this to determine the learning competencies that the students have developed, and identify those which they are weak in. It is important to assess and measure the learning outcomes achieved by the children.”
The learning tests were put together with help of experts from the Philippine Normal University and focused on essential learning competencies prescribed by DepEd.
Hedcor officials said the power fi9rm’s dedication in providing sufficient learning venues strengthened during this pandemic, making it the community’s partner to quality education and children’s well-being.
At the start of the school year, Hedcor provided P500,000 worth of school supplies to host schools in Benguet for the printing of modules.
This initiative is in partnership with Synergeia Foundation and will be administered to Grades 2 to 6 in Sablan, Itogon and Tuba.
The outcome of the tests which cover English, Filipino and Mathematics would help educators and local governments assess their competency levels and implement remedies if necessary, to improve them.
Synergeia Foundation, in collaboration with the local government units, pushed for the creation of assessment tool to determine whether remote education is working as the Covid-19 pandemic closed schools and forced children to learn from their homes.
“The results of these assessments would give us an insight on the effectiveness of current remote education methodologies, and identify which communities would need support in strengthening distance education,” said Noreen Vicencio, Hedcor’s vice president for corporate services.
She added through assessments, partner LGU with Dept. of Education can recalibrate strategies to ensure needed skills in English, Filipino and Mathematics are achieved per grade level.
Synergeia president and CEO Milwida Guevara said, “We’re doing this to determine the learning competencies that the students have developed, and identify those which they are weak in. It is important to assess and measure the learning outcomes achieved by the children.”
The learning tests were put together with help of experts from the Philippine Normal University and focused on essential learning competencies prescribed by DepEd.
Hedcor officials said the power fi9rm’s dedication in providing sufficient learning venues strengthened during this pandemic, making it the community’s partner to quality education and children’s well-being.
At the start of the school year, Hedcor provided P500,000 worth of school supplies to host schools in Benguet for the printing of modules.
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