COVID should not be taken lightly, or should I say, never be taken lightly. Many are affected because of this, but today we give spotlight to the students. About how they cope up with this “New Normal” that we students have to embrace. Having been in this type of setup as well, I can only facepalm in disbelief that we should start to embrace this circumstance. This situation can also be cost-effective but, how effective.
COVID-19 cases in the Philippines skyrocketed to 2.55 million. Because of this, some parts of the country are advised to stay at home until the situation gets better. Students are required to use either online-learning, modular-learning, or the combination of both which is blended learning. How feasible are these learning modes? Is it attainable for anyone? Although we can all say that these learning modalities can be alternatives to traditional learning and it has its advantages such as letting students learn at their own pace, the negatives highly outweigh these. Despite the fact that students can study at their own pace, this contradicts their concentration exerted in their lessons. According to an online survey conducted by the Movement for Safe, Equitable, Quality, and Relevant Education (SEQuRE), is found that 86.7% of students in modular learning, 66% in online learning, and 74% in blended learning said they “learned less” when compared to the traditional face-to-face setup. These numbers clearly tells that a lot of students are lagging behind. What happened to ‘no student left behind’? As I see the Department of Education does not even care. Imagine laughing at students committing suicide because of their ball game. Was it a laughing matter? If it was then were their conscience not at least guilty? Taking into consideration of the students’ standings in life you can tell that not all of us are capable of this setup. Well I can simply say that distance learning is anti-poor, as said in my early statements that this is cost-effective, buying gadgets paying for the internet you can already tell the costs. Academic freeze is a must not an option.
The Philippines is confronted with enormous health, economic, and social problems. The "regular" days are over. As a result, we should stop attempting to maintain the "old normal" in the face of the "new normal."
references:
https://international.thenewslens.com/article/142537
https://www.rappler.com/moveph/photos-students-teachers-struggle-school-opening-philippines-2020
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