02/07/2020
"Distance learning is undoubtedly the new normal, but how can the Department of Education (DepEd) serve the eager learners who do not have access to the Internet?
The solution? Utilize the existing electronics that every Filipinos’ are already using: Television and radio sets.
85 percent of the population may not have access to the Internet, but it is beyond doubt that the majority of the population has their own TVs and radios at home.
The potential of these two electronics to relay necessary knowledge to students are too big to ignore, that’s why the Department of Education will start airing its TV-Radio education modules beginning on July 15, a month before the official class starts.
The announcement was made by the Senate Basic Education Committee chair Sherwin Gatchalian.
Using TV and radio as an alternative learning tool is dubbed as a “StopGap” measure, to basically stop the possible gap that students will surely experience because of various health protocols, lack of necessary gadgets and Internet connection.
This is certainly a good news for the majority of parents who worries that distance-learning might hamper their children’s learning due to the limitations they have right now."
