Advocacy
group Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) pushed implementation of the
Dept. of Education’s plan to implement limited in-person classes for tentative
opening of the school year on August 23.
While the country is still in the middle of surging cases and suffering the economic blow of the pandemic, the PBEd said the learning crisis threatening the education sector should be urgently addressed too.
“We need an immediate response to the learning crisis in our country. We call on the government to draw out measures to bring our students back to schools safely. The longer we wait for our schools to open, the heavier the losses will be for our students and the economy.” PBEd executive director Love Basillote said in a press statement Thursday.
The PBEd said immediate and safe return of face-to-face classes will help make up for learning losses especially for the 2.7 million unenrolled K-12 students this school year.
“Around 3 million students have dropped out of school this year due to lack of resources required for distance learning. With no alternatives left, we are abandoning a generation of young people. This has a grave impact on national development,” Basillote said.
In February, DepEd said more than half of Filipino students called for resumption of face-to-face classes.
A 2020 survey of education group Aral Pilipinas among 9,716 Filipinos showed 75% of respondents agreed with resumption of face-to-face classes.
Of the 7,297 who said yes to opening of schools, 53% believed that children learn better with face-to-face classes. Most of the respondents came from poor families, as 92% of them were beneficiaries of the government’s conditional cash transfer program.
While the country is still in the middle of surging cases and suffering the economic blow of the pandemic, the PBEd said the learning crisis threatening the education sector should be urgently addressed too.
“We need an immediate response to the learning crisis in our country. We call on the government to draw out measures to bring our students back to schools safely. The longer we wait for our schools to open, the heavier the losses will be for our students and the economy.” PBEd executive director Love Basillote said in a press statement Thursday.
The PBEd said immediate and safe return of face-to-face classes will help make up for learning losses especially for the 2.7 million unenrolled K-12 students this school year.
“Around 3 million students have dropped out of school this year due to lack of resources required for distance learning. With no alternatives left, we are abandoning a generation of young people. This has a grave impact on national development,” Basillote said.
In February, DepEd said more than half of Filipino students called for resumption of face-to-face classes.
A 2020 survey of education group Aral Pilipinas among 9,716 Filipinos showed 75% of respondents agreed with resumption of face-to-face classes.
Of the 7,297 who said yes to opening of schools, 53% believed that children learn better with face-to-face classes. Most of the respondents came from poor families, as 92% of them were beneficiaries of the government’s conditional cash transfer program.
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