Philippines and Venezuela: Remaining Countries Who Still Conduct Online Class.

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September 14, 2021

According to the National Economic Development Authority, a year without face-to-face classes will result in P11 Trillion ($ 240 406 284 000) productivity loss over 40 years. 

In the Philippines, two academic years were already spent inside home. Even though students are already tired of this kind of setup, they have no choice but to still follow the mandate of the government. 

In the whole freaking world, Philippines and Venezuela are the remaining countries to conduct online approach of teaching. However there are some reports that in the end of September , Philippines might be the only one remaining.

President Rodrigo Duterte always rejects the call for the pilot study since the country’s COVID-19 cases are still increasing despite long and several lockdowns.

Different sectors are already pressing the government to continue the face to face classes because it continuously affects the learning of students. According to a survey, the majority of the students express that they are not satisfied with the current mode of education adding that they can’t absorb the information easily, and or distraction is present in the environment thus making them not focus on class. 

In addition, the mental health of the public, especially the students, has already deteriorated during this time. According to a recent research study conducted by Frontiers in Psychiatry, Filipino respondents reported significantly higher levels of depression, anxiety, and stress than other nationalities during the COVID-19. 

On the other hand, students (education) are not the only affected sector. According to National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) director-general Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua, the Philippines may face P11-T ($ 240 406 284 000) of productivity loss over 40 years if the classes will not go back to normal. 

There’s a way!

UNICEF said that there’s a way to safely and gradually open the schools here in the Philippines. 

According to Isy Faingold, we can use the experience of other countries and apply it to the Philippines. Let’s take Saudi Arabia for example. They will allow high school students who are fully vaccinated to return back in school while the primary level are still required to stay home until October (2021). While in China, Vietnam, and Indonesia, they gradually opened the class in low risk areas.  

He said that some created practices, such as taking classes outside, while "classroom bubbles" were used in the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Canada.

Faingold said that it aids in limiting closure if infection is identified. They do not need to close the entire school; simply ask the bubble or group of children [with] a COVID case to separate themselves. Others, however, can continue with in-person instruction.

My take on the issue

The absence of face to face class this school year is one of my reasons why I halt my journey as a student. Aside from the distraction from my home, I am also thinking that finishing a college degree on an online class setup will affect my employment in the future. I hope I am wrong but other companies might discriminate against those applicants who only studied or graduated from an online class since those people are seen as limited in learning and skills.  

This is why I am also in favor of bringing back the face to face classes. Aside from it will finally alleviate the inconvenience, it will also force the government to ramp up the mass testing and contact tracing. 

Up to this now, mass testing and contact tracing is not prioritized by the Duterte administration. Yes, they do exert effort to stop the transmission of COVID-19 but they’re doing it in a wrong way. For example, they are just doing lockdowns without doing testing and tracing. It will surely stop the transmission but when everything goes back to normal, and people leave their houses, transmission will start again.

Other countries rarely do lockdowns but they still manage to control the disease because they have aggressive mass testing and contact tracing. They can immediately find the infected person and isolate it in the healthy population. If this current administration changes its approach to the pandemic, our nation’s recovery will go back to normal, and face to face classes will be back shortly. 


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Dapat nga nagpapatest din muna un mga magpapavaccine e baka sila pa infected pala.

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2 years ago

Hmmm.. I think new reports forgot about Japan who’s still in a dilemma with online classes. I don’t have a kid in school but the moms I work with do and they have to leave work early or take the day off since small children can’t operate a computer themselves.

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2 years ago

Iaa sa fears ko ung sinabi mo about sa emplyment in the future esp para sa mga need talaga ng hands on experience na courses. Nakakalungkot kasi we missed ung majority ng workshops plus labs namin tas ang hirap maghanap ng mga supplementary lessons sa net para sa course namin. Sana lang mabawi namin sa f2f huhu

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2 years ago

Praying sa sana mali yung iniiisip or ineexpect ko. Pero another thing I see is baka naman magpasa ng law against those discrimination sa employment in the future if magkakaroon nga ng discrimination.

Anyways, lets hope for the best! 🙏🏼 Kulitin natin ang DepEd/CHED na magkaroon ng ligtas na balik eskwela!

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2 years ago

Naranasan ko din ang online classes last year at buti nalagpasan din before 2021, dapat gagraduate na sana bago mag March last year. Napush tuloy lahat ng sched at this year lang naganap. Hirap magconcentrate at dumadami ang GC na kopyahan nalang sila.

Siguro mag f2f class lang pag low cases ang lugar tulad ng mga nasa probinsya. Sa Greater Metro Manila kase high risk.

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2 years ago

kaya face to face nalang kasi. Battle of the toughest, matira matibay hahaa

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2 years ago

My take on this is, pwede siguro yung face to face sa mga remote areas and has zero covid cases.. Pero sa mga matataong lugar loke dito sa cavite, it's a no no for me.. Yung nga colleagues ko sa uk, naka face to face na din ang mga anak nila sa school pero interrupted pa din kasi everytime na may relatives na magpapositive yung student, damay din lahat ng mga naka close contact nya na classmates sa isolation.. And hence ended up sa interrupted din na pag aaral nung affected students..

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2 years ago

Mahirap mag aral talaga online pero kung face to face naman delikado buhay. Siguro tiis tiis nalang muna hanggang sa maging okay ang lahat.

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2 years ago

I'm in favor of face- to face classes too especially in low risks areas. We might as well follow the patterns of the other country.

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2 years ago

I do not know lang ah haha. Bawal nga tayong lumabas pero nalabas padin Yung Ilan what more if inallow pa. Mahirap yung online learning pero mas mahirap magkacovid.

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2 years ago

There is huge difference between the two mode of learning. I am one of those unsatisfied students who are against with the online set up, I didn't know this facts, thanks for the update bro💕.

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2 years ago

Definitely, this will surely be a great loss for the country. Although I am not really fond of the setup, I think it's important to realize that enabling online classes means mitigating (at some point) the other half of the problems which the COVID-19 pandemic could cause.

Let's just wish herd immunity will be possible. In God's time, these things will be better.

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