Creating safe spaces at home

The author is Teacher —oOo— III at San Vicente (lementary School Juvy M. Sicat

The +ome /earning Spaces 3rogram, an offshoot program of the Brigada (skZela, aims to bring together education partners and e[perts to help learners and their families create a Tuality and conducive learning space at home to ansZer the challenges imposed in implementing the Basic (ducation /earning Continuity 3lan (B( /C3).

(stablished by the ([ternal 3artnership Services ((3S) of Department of (ducation and its partners, the proMect aims to create a learning nook in houses for learners to feel more comfortable studying.

3artners Zill provide study tables, lamps, chairs, bins and other learning materials, Zhich can help augment the needs of the learners.

According to the Dep(d, the idea of the +ome /earning Spaces is to provide learners, Zith the help of its partners, basic materials to make their homes more comfortable for them to study. +ome /earning Spaces give corners to learners that Zill make them more productive and study more freely, officials said.

:hile face to face learning is to be implemented, there is still a need for these spaces because the easing of in person learning Zill be done by batches. +ome learning is still bound to happen.

0eanZhile, the Department cited The Brigada 3agbasa and School Safety 3repared ness *uide (SS3*) as other programs under Brigada (skZela, Zhich aims to address learning resource gaps for face to face learning of teachers and learners, strengthen partnership engagements at local and national levels, and intensify the implementation of its offshoot programs.

Brigada (skZela provides an opportunity to address learning resource gaps and provide learners Zith better learning environment, Zhich leads to better learning e[pe rience.

The author

is Teacher

—oOo—

III at San 0atias (lementary School