KALIBO, Aklan – School teachers and staff in the province of Aklan are undergoing In-Service Training (INSET) to assess the implementation of distance learning modalities.
Aklan Schools Division Superintendent Miguel Mac Aposin said they are reviewing the basic education learning continuity plan and make the necessary adjustments for Quarter 2.
The INSET started on Dec. 14. It will end on Dec. 19.
Quarter 1 ended on Dec. 12, 2020 for over 150,000 learners in 471 public elementary and high schools in Aklan.
Classes for the Quarter 2 will resume on Jan. 4, 2021 and ends on Feb. 27 for public schools.
Aposin said the virtual INSET activities would assess learning platforms since there were no face-to-face sessions of learners and teachers.
The Department of Education (DepEd) ordered a shift to blended or distance learning approach for the rescheduled opening on Oct. 5, 2020 due to the coronavirus disease 2019.
Schools and teachers launched donation drives for printers and bond papers needed to produce learning modules.
Children have to stay home for the remote learning, while parents or guardians have to go to schools weekly to pick up the learning modules.
DepEd-Aklan also tapped cable and radio stations for distance educational learning episodes to help learners cope with the new learning methods due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Many parents are also juggling the ins and outs of distance learning, trying to balance childcare and keeping their family members safe in a pandemic.
“Some key challenges were noted in the Quarter 1 of the school year and there is a need to recalibrate strategies to address them,” Aposin said.
A team from Division Office-Aklan will monitor and evaluate the INSET activity in the 19 school districts of Aklan. Each district has to submit a monitoring and evaluation report on Dec. 23 for feedback and intervention.
Aposin also thanked the parents for supporting the required health guidelines and dealing the demands of pandemic-induced homeschooling responsibilities./PN
