Five schools in DdO re-opens limited face-to-face classes

After almost two years, the Department of Education officially re-opens limited face-to-face classes in selected schools in the country.

 

Covid-19 pandemic brought major uncertainties in schools. The rapid transition of most instruction to online platforms affects the academic achievement of students in varying educational levels, and now that DepEd resumes the face-to-face classes, learning gaps can now be remediated in the four corners of every classroom.

 

Among one hundred (100) schools approved by the joint memorandum of the Department of Education and the Department of Health, eight (8) schools were approved by the authorities to resume limited face-to-face class in Region XI, and five (5) of which are from Davao de Oro, a manifestation that the province is prepared for the implementation of the face-to-face mode of learning, somehow easing the agony of students in the last two years.

 

Bariz Elementary School (Pagsabangan Extension), Parasan Integrated School, Lower Panansalan Elementary School (Jacinto Extension), Maugat Elementary School, and Digaynon Elementary School (Manurigao Extension) were the schools in the province approved for the re-opening of the limited face-to-face class, all of which were from far-flung areas where there is little risk for covid-19 infection.

 

Just in time for the pilot implementation of the limited face-to-face class, the “Bayanihan Para sa Karunungan” program or BPSK of Davao de Oro, officially turned over the “iDdO Read” modules, a reading remedial instruction for elementary learners that aims to amplify reading exercises and fulfill the educational gaps in primary levels. The creation of the workbooks was made easy through the strong collaboration of PLGU-DdO’s BPSK Program with the Department of Education Davao de Oro.

 

Further, BPSK also introduced volunteer teachers for the five schools that will aid on-site DepEd teachers on the delivery of instruction and implementation of the “iDdO Read” workbooks. DepEd Davao de Oro also distributed tablets for every student, while the Kusina ng Kalinga (KnK) of DdO also gave milk feeding supplies.

 

The limited face-to-face class is complementary to the modular modality which is used since the outbreak of the virus. The five schools will still undergo alternate learning schedules for students and will follow the recommended health protocols set by the Department of Health. (JA, Information Division, Davao de Oro, photo by J. Cadiz)