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Current Trends and Issues in Philippine Education

President Rodrigo Duterte approves the pilot implementation of limited face to face classes in 120 schools.

School Year 2020 - 2021 commenced last July 2021. The Department of Education (DepEd) mandated all schools to adopt the Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan for school year 2020 - 2021. The BE-LCP of the DepEd is a package of education interventions that will respond to basic education challenges brought about by COVID-19. The BE-LCP stands on the following principle: (1) Protect the health and well-being of the learners, teachers, and personnel, and prevent the further transmission of COVID-19; (2) Ensure learning continuity through K-12 curriculum adjustments, alignment of learning materials, deployment of multiple learning delivery modalities, provision of corresponding training for teachers and school leaders, and proper orientation of parents or guardians of learners; (3) Facilitate the safe return of teaching and non-teaching personnel and learners to workplaces and schools/CLCs, taking into consideration the scenarios projected by the Department of health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Philippines (IATF), complemented by other credible sources, and balanced with DepEd's own risk assessments; (4) Be sensitive to equity considerations and concerns, and endeavor to address them the best we can; and (5) Link and bridge the BE-LCP to DepEd's pivot to quality and into the future of education, under the framework of Sulong EduKalidad and Futures Thinking in EDucation.

Amidst the spread of pandemic, DepEd offers blended and distance learning modalities by using printed or digital modules, online learning resources, and radio and TV-based instructions. Distance learning refers to a learning delivery modality where learning takes place between the teacher and the learners who are geographically remote from each other during instruction. It has three learning modalities: (1) modular distance learning uses self-learning modules that are printed or in digital format; (2) online distance learning uses the Internet in downloading learning materials and uploading homework; and (3) Radio/TV based instructions to those who have no Internet connectivity. Meanwhile, blended learning refers to a mix of online distance learning, modular distance learning, and TV/Radio-based Instruction. Homeschooling option is learning in a home-based environment to be facilitated by qualified parents, guardians or tutors who have undergone relevant training.

School Year 2021 - 2022 opened last September 13, 2021. With the smooth opening of classes nationwide, President Rodrigo Duterte has approved limited face-to-face classes in a maximum of 120 public and private schools in areas deemed low-risk for COVID-19 as announced by Malacañang last September 20. This covers a "maximum of 100 public schools in areas categorized as minimal risk" and that have "passed the readiness assessment," and an additional 20 private schools jointly validated by the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Health (DOH). The DepEd has yet to release the list of schools that would participate in the pilot run. DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones said that "The pilot run of limited face-to-face classes is a shared responsibility of the DepEd, Department of Health, with the approval of IATF, and the local government units themselves and the parents. This will be monitored for two months."