‘New normal’ handbook for parents

Randy Alejag Rosales

A ‘NEW NORMAL’ handbook for parents? Why not?

To help parents fully understand their responsibilities not only as parents but as learning facilitators, the Department of Education has issued a handbook for parents who – along with the students – are adjusting to the country’s new learning landscape.

The agency’s Bureau of Learning Delivery Teaching and Learning Division created the handbook, recognizing the crucial role of parents in education because this school year, learning will take place at home.

According to the DepEd, it understands the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic brings. Nevertheless, it is fully committed to fulfilling its role in upholding the learners’ right to access quality education while promoting their health, safety, and overall well-being.

The “Parents’ Handbook for the New Normal in Basic Education” explains the different learning delivery modalities that parents and students can choose from.

The DepEd said it is important that parents assess the needs and capabilities of their own children, and the quality and quantity of support that they can provide before deciding on the modality that suits their children best.

The handbook also contains answers to “Frequently Asked Questions” regarding a chosen learning modality, and discusses the benefits of learning at home, how to keep children up with the lessons, and where parents can seek help if they do not understand the lessons themselves.

Also, it has practical tips for parents of learners with disabilities as well as positive parenting and discipline tips while facilitating children’s learning at home. These tips were provided by the Save the Children Foundation.

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The author is Master Teacher I at Claro M. Recto ICT High School