Students Preparedness Hurdles F2F Class

Kathleen Kristel M. Reyes

Students' lack of preparedness and physical distancing are among the challenges experienced by both teachers and learners during the implementation of face-to-face classes. Assessment showed that limited time to accommodate all students' concerns and the limited teaching and learning resources are some difficulties encountered during the progressive expansion of face-to-face classes. Challenge that have gathered from the field, those participating schools, is the lack of preparedness of learners for the face-to-face learning, especially the Kinder and the Grade 1 because they are the ones who have not tried schooling because of school closures. Apart from this, students and teachers are hardly adjusting to the standard health protocols imposed by the government, including the wearing of face masks as well as the physical distancing. Learners, especially in lower grade levels, are not used to wearing face masks in their homes and the students often remove their masks while they are inside the classroom. The children are not used to wearing face masks when they are inside their homes so they need to be reminded of the requirement to wear face masks inside their classrooms. The teachers had to constantly remind their students to observe physical distancing. They tend to congregate and to really touch each other because of the excitement to interact and to play with their classmates. So this is another challenge to teachers. The three to four and half-hour class is not sufficient for students to finish their activities. Because of the limited time as many have validated this data that we have gathered learners hardly finish the activities given by the teachers.

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The author is Teacher III at Santa Rita Elementary School, Division of Pampanga