25/05/2022
THE CALL FOR LIGTAS BALIK-ESKWELA! 📣📚
Covid-19 pandemic has brought many challenges and one of which is the access to inclusive and quality education. With the inevitable shift to online and modular classes, both have their own share of advantages and disadvantages. Students had to face an overwhelming increase in academic workload, internet connectivity issues, and lack of physical interaction with peers. This has brought a bigger question of what the goal of our education really is: for learning or for mere compliance?
This is why the call for “LIGTAS BALIK-ESKWELA” is at a height. This is an inclusive campaign that considers the welfare of students, teachers, and school staff by encouraging long-term, sustainable plans of action for education. In the simplest term, this pushes for a safe return to school despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Leomel Baldo of Barangay Boulevard, Molo is one of those who wishes for face-to-face classes to resume.
“Ako is aka medical student kag tungod sa pandemic kami nag online classes. Sa amon may positive kag negative ang amon naeksperyansahan. Sa positive side naka tiner kami sa amon balay which spending more time with my family. Apang sa negative side may mga lessons kami nga need gid nga face to face. Need actual nga attachment with patients. Salamat Kay almost tanan nagpavaccine na. Excited na kami by next sem makaface to face na kmi.”
- Leomel Baldo
Learning should not be equated to the number of tasks submitted on time, rather, it should mold students to reflect on the world around them, to go beyond their echo chambers, and challenge what they already know. Education will always be a right rather than a privilege.
