Given the reduced class sizes, a survey conducted on the implementation of limited face-to-face classes showed that teacher participation in in-classroom learning was “significantly higher” compared to student participation.
The Movement for Safe, Equitable, Quality, and Relevant (SEQuRe) Education, which is composed of education experts, teachers, parents, and students, conducted an initial assessment of the implementation of limited face-to-face classes.
The month-long survey conducted in March covered teacher respondents in 63 out of the 13,692 basic education schools nationwide that resumed face-to-face classes from November 2021 until April 2022.
Citing the results of the said survey, SEQuRe Education Movement noted that “up to 38 percent of teacher-respondents said that all of the teachers in their schools are teaching for limited in-classroom learning.”
Meanwhile, the survey results also showed that 54 percent of respondents said that “more than half of their teacher population actually teach in person” while 46 percent said that “less than half of the teachers in their school teach in face-to-face classes.”
Citing data from the Department of Education (DepEd) as of April 4, SEQuRe Education Movement noted that five months since the pilot testing of limited face-to-face classes, the department “has only been able to open about 23 percent of schools nationwide for only about 11 percent of students.”
DepEd data showed that there are 13,692 out of more than 60,000 public and private schools nationwide that have started implementing limited in-classroom learning.
“The total number of learners participating in the limited face-to-face classes amount to about 3.1 million out of the 27.2 million who were enrolled for the school year 2021–2022,” the group said.
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SEQuRe Education used its “Bantay Balik-Paaralan” (BBP) Project to look into the situations of some public schools that have opened for limited face-to-face classes and gathered the experiences, issues, and insights of teachers who were involved in its preparations and implementation through an online monitoring tool.
The survey tool was answered during the whole month of March and had teacher-respondents from 63 public schools nationwide: 22 schools from the National Capital Region (NCR) and 41 from eleven regions outside of Metro Manila.
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