On June 7, Monday, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) has again given emphasis on its call for the government to allow face-to-face classes in areas with low risk or no cases of the coronavirus or COVID-19.
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As the country improves its immunization rate against COVID-19, ACT urges the government to give equal attention on putting sufficient measures that will allow the conduct of limited face-to-face classes.
The group believes that face-to-face classes should resume on at least limited implementation as many learners and teachers struggle and are burdened under the blended-learning set-up. Although ACT contends that before reopening the schools, shortages in them must be addressed first.
ACT has noted in its half-year survey that there is a lack of necessary facilities and personnel in ensuring the safe employment of limited face-to-face learning in public schools in the country.
According to the results of the survey, 83 percent of respondents who were teachers in Metro Manila and 72 percent from other regions affirms the lack of school nurses in their respective areas. About half of the respondents at the same time said that they have either inadequate or no clinics, and poor ventilation in classrooms in their schools.
The group also added that 42 percent from the National Capital Region (NCR) and 52 percent from other regions said that they lack enough comfort rooms in their schools. Meanwhile, 31 percent of respondents from NCR and 41 percent from other regions said that their water supplies are insufficient or lacking.
Addressing these perennial shortages in material and human resources will permit the safe and limited return to face-to-face classes in low-risk areas, which can provide better access to education to more students who have otherwise fallen behind in the severely under-supported distance learning,
ACT Secretary General Raymond Basilio said.
The group added that if the government will immediately take concrete steps to enable the safe and limited reopening of schools in low-risk areas; it would address the “multiple gaps” in the implementation of the government’s nationwide remote learning program.
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Group believes face-to-face classes should resume in low risk areas
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