But one university professor – Rodney Cajimat from the mountainous Nueva Vizcaya province – has a clever workaround.Dito po sa Nueva Vizcaya talaga, marami pong area dito na walang internet connection at ang available lang po na signal ay for call and text. Paano po 'yung mga estudyante ko na walang internet connection?To address the issue on connectivity, Cajimat started using the conference call – a mobile phone call feature allowing several people to converse at the same time.
Because conference calls can only admit 6 callers at a time, Cajimat does his lessons by batch and appointment. Another limitation of the conference call is that it is purely audio, so Cajimat has to send his presentations ahead of time so his students could have a reference during the calls. Fortunately, students only need to go online once a month to download the lectures."Kapag example mayroon akong tanong, may rule po ako na kapag nasa call magpakilala muna,he said.
"Especially ngayon na may mga problema sila, 'yung outside sa subject nila, napapagusapan din namin kasi 'yung mental health issues nila kailangan din natin ma-address. Kapag naririnig nila ang boses ko, nahihimasmasan na sila,"Cajimat also gives his students their own phone load cards – some of which he solicits from his friends – so that his students can talk among themselves for group works and peer consultations.
The pandemic may have highlighted the problem of accessible education a thousand-fold, but as long as the country has teachers like Cajimat, there is a greater chance no student will be left behind.
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