No Student Left Behind

 

Students, their parents, and educators around the world are feeling the extraordinary ripple effect of the novel coronavirus as schools are shutting down and quarantine methods are being ordered to cope with the global pandemic. While governments and health officials are doing their best slowing down the outbreak, global education systems are collaborating to collectively respond and provide quality education for all during these difficult times. Our job is to help everyone in providing quality education for all even in these exceptional times.

What I think is a quality education during this COVID 19 pandemic is wherein no students are left behind. Every student can learn something new everyday in their classes. Not all students have internet connections or fast internet connections, therefore, DepEd must think of a way to help these students who are in need and who are being left behind. Not all children are blessed with fulfilling lives, some can’t even buy gadgets to use in their online classes. Our community should also work hand in hand to help those families who are in need during this pandemic to make sure that their children can learn. There are lots of creative things that can be done at home. But the challenge, of course, for parents is that they are contending with working from home, and in other cases, having to leave home to do their jobs. We have to be aware that families are facing myriad challenges right now. If we’re not careful, we risk overloading families. We have to strike a balance between what children need and what families can do, and how you maintain some kind of work-life balance in the home environment. Finally, we must recognize the equity issues in the forced overreliance on homeschooling so that we avoid further disadvantaging the already disadvantaged.

So, a quality education during this pandemic is where the students learning status are equal and rich or poor, you can still learn the same as them. And the schools should not give the students too much work. Too much work does not mean there’s more you can learn, it just adds stress and fatigue to the students who are already struggling to pass their requirements before deadlines.

References:https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/04/the-pandemics-impact-on-education/

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