Distance learning: A looming crisis for students with special needs. Full story:
"We are talking of students here, it's millions. But if she has or if we can afford it, we'll buy it and she can proceed with her novel idea of how the children can continue with their education," Duterte said in a televised briefing on June 5.Unlike teaching regular students, learners with disabilities require SPED teachers to be hands-on in their learning process.
"There are enough regular teachers, but only a few are trained for special education so we really lack teachers for students with special needs," Jake said in a mix of English and Filipino.Access to technology needed for distance learning is just part of a bigger problem. "Wala siyang history of therapy. Tapos matanda na siya nag-start ng school. Tapos lagi siyang nagpapakita sa school kasi gusto niya talaga matuto,"With the lack of access to technology needed for distance learning, Jane worries how her students like Reynaldo will continue their education during the pandemic.Jake said that not all parents, those who have access to technology, are “techie” enough to plug in the video and audio materials for visually impaired students.
"The attention span of students is very different when they don’t see or interact with their teachers. They choose their authority. Most of my students, whenever their parents teach them, they won’t listen. I really don’t know if they will be able to achieve the desired learning for them," Jane said in a mix of English and Filipino.
As of Monday, June 8, some 14,000 students with special needs signed up for the incoming school year during the first week ofThe enrollment for basic education for school year 2020-2021 is being done remotely through phone or online platforms, and will last until June 30, the DepEd said. According to Jane, the instructions given to them by the DepEd were"too vague." She said that they were only asked to do"budget of work" or the lessons they need to teach for the whole school year.
"I hope they will consult the real frontliners in education so they would know the realities on the ground. The DepEd is very idealistic with their plans, but there are students and teachers who are really not capable of achieving what they want for the alternative modes they are proposing. I hope they pay attention to students who really can't participate in distance learning due to lack of access," Jane said in a mix of English and Filipino.
According to Veluz, the DepEd should collaborate with other national government agencies – like the Department of Information and Communications Technology – for this"new normal" in education. "What the government needs to do is to help parents to be better at that job.They should not only be teaching the teachers, they should also be teaching the parents," Veluz said., Education Undersecretary Tonisito Umali said that the present policy of DepEd is"inclusive education, so definitely our students with special needs will be considered in the learning continuity plan."
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