Ready, set, read
Security Bank Foundation launches video series in partnership with Ateneo and Knowledge Channel
Security Bank Foundation, Inc. has (SBFI) recently launched the Ready, Set, Read! video series for elementary students in partnership with the Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc. and Ateneo de Manila University, as part of its advocacy of improving the quality of education and filling the educational gaps brought by the pandemic.
The first five episodes airing until Feb. 19 focus on enhancing the reading competencies of Grade 5 students, particularly on inferring the meaning of unfamiliar words in stories through context clues.
The topics chosen are based on the Department of Education’s Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs) Guide, which focuses on the indispensable competencies that Filipino learners must acquire, especially with the challenges of learning delivery during this pandemic.
Other videos in the pipeline touch on the reading strategies for grades 1 and 3 students such as predicting the possible ending of a story, making inferences and drawing conclusions based on texts, and interpreting simple graphs, tables, and pictographs.
“Uplifting the quality of life in communities where Security Bank has a presence is the goal of SBFI. We aim to achieve this by providing quality education through scholarships for deserving students, building and donating classrooms to accredited public schools nationwide, training the teachers of our beneficiary schools to help them improve their teaching skills, and developing new initiatives through digital learning resources. Through these efforts, we hope to provide better opportunities for the succeeding generations of Filipinos and a brighter future for the communities Security Bank serves,” says Rafael F. Simpao, Jr.,
SBFI chairman.
The three organizations collectively chose English Reading competencies as the subject matter of the educational materials after the reports of the 2018 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the 2019 Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEAPLM) showed that Filipino students lag behind other countries in terms of reading proficiency.
“Our partnership with SBFI and Ateneo comes at a time when video lessons have become fundamental in ensuring that learning continues even amid any calamity or pandemic. This video series will also provide Filipino children with English reading proficiency that will prepare them to succeed and thrive in a globally-connected society,” says Rina Lopez Bautista, president and executive director at Knowledge Channel Foundation.
“Ateneo welcomes this opportunity to work with SBFI and Knowledge Channel Foundation in ensuring an effective teaching-learning process even during the unusual circumstances surrounding education at this time,” adds Dr. Carmela
Oracion, managing director at the Ateneo Center for Educational Development.
To help educators and parents understand how these videos can be used as effective teaching tools, a free webinar was organized by SBFI and Knowledge Channel. Teachers and parents can use these videos for free to enhance children’s reading skills in the comfort of their home and eventually as integral teaching materials once classes return to face-to-face.
The pilot run consisting of five episodes is airing on Knowledge Channel today, on Tuesday and Thursday (11:20-11:40 a.m.) next week, and then on A2Z Free TV Channel until Feb. 19 every Thursday (8:20-8:40 a.m.).
The said episodes will also be available for replay on Security Bank’s website at https://www.securitybank.com/ sustainability/educational-videos and Facebook page at https://facebook.com/ SecurityBank. www.securitybank.com/ Sustainability
The organizations chose English Reading competencies as the subject matter of the educational materials after the reports of the 2018 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the 2019 Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEAPLM) showed that Filipino students lagged behind other countries in terms of reading proficiency.