As PH students fall into learning abyss, DepEd told to focus on right solutions

Even Vice President Sara Duterte, who is also education secretary, admitted that “learners are not academically proficient.”

This is consistent with the result of the Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics 2019, which revealed that Filipino Grade 5 students lack reading and mathematical skills.It was pointed out that only 10 percent and 17 percent of students met the minimum reading and mathematical standards expected at the end of primary education.

The department previously said the program, which is “not mandatory,” will focus on these learning areas:However, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers expressed concern that the learning camp will “deprive” teachers of their right to rest.ACT pointed out that though not mandatory for all, the program “deprives teachers, who will be chosen to take part, of their right to ample rest and time to recuperate.

But it is not only teachers that would be deprived of their right to rest. Students, too, according to Jonathan Geronimo, secretary general of ACT Private Schools. With the implementation of the learning camp, where teachers who will volunteer are expected to work for three to five weeks, ACT said the limit should be lifted.Quetua pointed out that “for this year alone, many teachers complained that many of their hard earned credits are not honored because of the cap currently imposed.”

“If they expect some of us to volunteer in the learning camp, it is reasonable that they make it clear to us if we can really use the service credits that they are saying,” he said.ACT said there is really a need to address learning losses, but “pushing teachers and learners beyond their limit could prove to be counterproductive to achieving education recovery.

Duterte, however, pointed out that this year, the DepED allocated P15.6 billion for the construction of new buildings.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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