ADDRESSING LEARNING LOSSES

FERDINAND R. CUNANAN

To improve the quality of education in the country, the Department of Education (DepEd) has implemented various learning recovery initiatives.

This is in heeding the call of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., according to the DepEd. The Department has adopted the National Learning Recovery Plan (NLRP) to immediately address learning losses in basic education due to the pandemic.

As part of the NLRP, the Department is kicked off the National Learning Camp (NLC), an end-of-school year voluntary program aimed to provide enrichment, consolidation, and intervention sessions for learners.

With a two-fold purpose of improving learning outcomes and supporting teachers to teach better, the initiative aimed to create a camp-like atmosphere by integrating fun and engaging activities to foster learner interests, socio-emotional skills, personal growth, and character development.

NLC had phased implementation starting with Grades 7 and 8 with focus on English, Mathematics, and Science. Schools were also encouraged to conduct other EOSY break activities for Grades 1 to 3 and enrichment activities in other grade levels to support learning recovery across grade levels.

In addition, national programs on Reading, Mathematics, Science and Technology were also targeted to be rolled out starting School Year 2023-2024.

The programs were implemented across the governance levels from Central Office (CO), Regional Offices (RO), School Division Offices (SDO), schools, and community learning centers (CLC) with the coordination of external partners and stakeholders from the public and private sectors.

-oOoThe author is MASTER TEACHER I AT JUSTINO SEVILLA HIGH SCHOOL, ARAYAT,

PAMPANGA