SY 2021-2022 Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan
SY 2021-2022 Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan
SY 2021-2022 Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan
Department of Education
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS
SY 2021-2022
Basic Education Learning
Continuity Plan
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... … 3
I. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS ...................................................................................... 6
II. SY 2020-2021 BE-LCP IMPLEMENTATION ........................................................ 13
III. SUCCESSES AND LESSONS OF BE-LCP IMPLEMENTATION ...................... 17
IV. SURVEY RESULTS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2021 - 2022 ……………………… 22
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INTRODUCTION
School Year 2020-2021 has been very challenging not only for Schools Division
Office (SDO) of Batangas but to the whole education sectors nationwide. The crisis
brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the educational landscape in
the Philippines as schools and learning centers shifted into a totally new platform to
ensure that the teaching and learning process will continue despite the pandemic. Basic
Education Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP) which was carefully conceptualized,
developed and implemented for School Year 2020-2021, served as the weapon of
education leaders across various level of governance to overcome the test of time.
SDO Batangas BE-LCP is aligned to the policy directions and the standards set
by the department and follow the DepEd Response Plan and National Learning
Continuity Plan. Its Implementation will suit the context of SDO Batangas’ schools and
learning centers but the essential elements will be intensified and contextualized to suit
the needs of our learners and teachers.
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As identified gaps and issues in the implementation are viable, Schools Division
of Batangas is committed to Re-invent, Innovate, Create and Harmonize (RICH) our
BE-LCP to suit with the demand of time and needs of our learners, teachers, parents
and other education stakeholders.
3. Ensure that the health and safety of teaching and non-teaching personnel,
learners, and parents are not compromised.
4. Ensure that available resources will be maximized fully and help the schools
and learning centers in the provision of resources through partnerships and
linkages.
5. Review the gaps identified during monitoring and evaluation and ensure that
adjustments to plan will be implemented as needed.
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Figure 1 shows how SDO Batangas Province will be guided in making the plan
a success at the schools, districts and division level.
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I. Situational Analysis
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SUC 1
Sector
PRIVATE 215
PUBLIC 762
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Table 2. SY 2020-2021. Enrolment as of May 30, 2021 (All Sectors, By Grade Level)
KEY STAGE 3 64756 60052 124808 13427 13361 26788 87 167 254
(7-10)
GRADE 11 11215 11141 13356 4722 4696 9418 30 20 50
TOTAL 208159 193660 401819 29764 29441 59205 215 298 513
ENROLMENT
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12239
46832
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Alternative Learning System (ALS) is also paving its way in making sure that
education continues for our out-of-school-youth, Indigenous People, and others to
continue their education despite the challenges of the new normal in education. For SY
2020-2021, SDO Batangas operates 362 community learning centers and caters a total
of 6,566 learners, which is higher than the division target of at least 75% of previous
year enrolment.
The table below illustrates the current enrolment and services provided by ALS
specialists, mobile teachers and district ALS coordinators.
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Figure 3. Enrolment as of May 30, 2021 (By Sector and Key Stage).
Figure 3 presents the sectoral and per Key Stage SY 2020-2021 enrolment of
the whole Schools Division of Batangas. Out of the total 461,537 learners enrolled in
SY 2020-2021, 401, 819 or 87.03% were enrolled in public schools, 59,205 or 12.86%
in private schools and 0.11% or 513 learners in State University and Colleges. When
grouped according to the enrolment per key stage, 151,850 learners or 32.90% belongs
to Key Stage 3 or Junior High School, followed by Key Stage K-3 with 146,649 or
31.77% enrolment, 102,739 or 22.26% Grade 4-6 enrolment and 59123 or 12.81%
learner enrolment in Senior High School. Only 0.25% or 1176 learners were enrolled in
special education program.
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919 775
14230
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Guided by the region’s PIVOT LCP - ICLeA framework which provides a holistic
approach of LCP implementation across schools’ division offices and schools, the
Schools Division of Batangas with its 762 public schools and learning centers were able
to develop SY 2020-2021 BE-LCP, a package of education interventions that will
respond to basic education challenges brought about by COVID-19 pandemic.
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Among the considerations and factors which serves as guide and reference in
the development of SY 2020-2021 BE-LCP in SDO Batangas Province were
Department of Education’s Adoption of The Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan
for School Year 2020-2021 In Light of The Covid-19 Public Health Emergency,
Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of Community Quarantines issued by the
IATF for the Management of Emerging and Infectious Diseases as well as the directives
of the Office of the President (OP) in deciding the learning modality/modalities to be
implemented. Moreover, the learners’ context, access, and readiness, context/situation
of the area where the schools are located and choice of modality/modalities of the
parent and/or learner which were gathered through the conduct of various surveys were
also taken into consideration.
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Adjustments on plans were done after every end of the quarter to address the
gaps, issues and concerns in the implementation of BE-LCP by schools and learning
centers.
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SY 2020-2021 has been a test to the whole education community as this is the
first time that Department of Education adopted a new approach of teaching-learning
delivery to address issues of learning discontinuity cause by COVID-19 pandemic. BE-
LCP played a significant role in the attainment of various milestones in five important
key dimensions namely safe operations, well-being and protections, focus on learning,
reaching the most marginalized and educational financing.
Table 4 presents the successes, best practices, challenges and lessons learned
in the implementation of SDO Batangas BE-LCP for SY 2020-2021 that will serve as
basis to retain or adjust the plans for SY 2021-2022 implementation.
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The succeeding tables and figures present the results of the Regional Survey
on the Preferred Distance Learning Modality for SY 2021-2022.
FEMALE 40159
S
MALE 4808
FEMALE 8217
RS
MALE 1031
FEMALE 30883
RS
MALE 21549
Based on the survey, the most common challenges faced by learners in the
implementation of distance learning is the issue of no or weak internet connectivity at
home with 32, 508 or 62.00% responses. This was followed by lack of budget for load
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(52.54%) and electricity issue (27.01%). Other issues faced by learners include
workload, lack of gadgets, environmental conditions, distractions and lack of learning
support.
8754
14162 32508
27548
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NONE
TELEVISION
RADIO
TABLET
SMARTPHONE
LAPTOP
DESKTOP COMPUTER
TEACHERS LEARNERS
As shown in Figure 13, majority of the parents or 64.09% are willing and has
the capacity to provide internet access to the learner in support to the learning modality
chosen. This is a good indication that one of the support systems is available if ever a
shift to another learning modality is implemented.
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50000
19773
40000
17513
30000
20000
32659
27454
10000 1005
8243
0
LEARNERS PARENTS TEACHERS
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30000
20000
0
YES NO
PARENTS LEARNERS
Figure 16. Approval on Digital Modular Distance Learning if Gadgets are Provided.
It is again given emphasis on this last part of the Regional Survey that the total
participants who participated in the recent survey of the region, only constitute 13.85%
of the total learner population, 11.19% of the total number of parents and 68.27% of
teachers in the entire division. Thus, result may not be deemed significant and may not
be the sole basis in crafting the BE-LCP for SY 2021 – 2022. This survey results need
further study to reach a timely and reliable decision on the most preferred modalities
for the coming school year.
It is also good to note that SDO Batangas through the Planning Section
prepared a different survey forms on what learning modality would best fit the schools
given the resources available and the capacity of the parents and learners as well as
the teachers in conducting classes.
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Considering the current situation faced by the province, the biggest challenge
for the Schools Division of Batangas is to remain relevant and responsive in its
educational mandate of improving the quality of education and at the same time
address the disruption in teaching – learning process brought by natural calamities such
as threats of Taal Volcano eruption, earthquakes, typhoons and the global COVID-19
pandemic.
SDO Batangas recognizes that a plan must be strategic and proactive to ensure
that learning continuity is still possible despite various circumstances. Believing that
there is no “ONE SIZE, FITS ALL” solution, a careful, and intensive data gathering and
planning for implementation is therefore an important undertaking to do by school
leaders for them to have lateral thinking of the situation and analyze the possible
scenarios of shifting from one learning modality to another.
Understanding the situation in a broader perspective will provide new lens and
direction on how targets and interventions must be set. Schools Division of Batangas
adopts the DepEd CALABARZON’s framework for Enhanced Basic Education Learning
Continuity Plan which sets policies and guidelines, dimensions and targets to achieve
relevance, flexibility and lateral thinking for adoption and operationalization in SDO and
schools’ respective level.
SDO Batangas through its operational and strategic plan is committed to take
its part in the realization of five regional targets focusing on learning, with two vital sub-
components namely, ensuring the quality of teaching and learning, and provision of
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learning resources. The other four targets include safe operation, well-being and
protection, reaching the marginalized and education financing.
Given the current set up, SDO shall maximize the given and available resources
as well as strengthen its partnership and linkages programs to ensure that there is a
sufficient learning resources for the learners enrolled in DepEd formal and informal
schools and learning centers. Aside from the provisions of learning materials and
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gadgets for students, SDO must also provide materials and equipment such as laptops
and photocopying machines for teachers and schools which can be used for instruction
and reproduction of learning modules. To further improve quality of instructions,
teachers shall also be provided with appropriate trainings and seminars. School leaders
must also look at the possibility on how teaching-learning process continue despite
many intervening factors.
Secondly, the health and safety of personnel and learners must not be
compromised. Thus, the organization must also be committed to provide safe operation
environment among its personnel and learners. Division and School leaders as
facilitators is expected to choose appropriate learning and teaching modalities and
applies necessary health protocols and requirements that would safeguard personnel
and learners from possible health risks.
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Figure 18. Regional Office Masterplan for SY 2021 – 2022 BE-LCP Implementation.
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Implementation of
alternative work
arrangement
(whenever
applicable
depending on the
locality restriction
classification)
cases and
vaccination
program
Conduct of
classes as to:
a. number of
learners
per class,
b. class
schedule
c. classroom
structuring
d. physical
reporting
and safe
return,
e. availability
of basic
health
supplies
Focus on Learning
Ensuring Appropriate and Implementation of Implementation of
Quality of relevant capability- curriculum, i.e. curriculum as to:
Teaching and building program teachers’ and a. teachers’
Learning based on needs of class programs, and class
Process teachers/ learning delivery programs,
employees modality, learning b. learning
materials, etc delivery
Deployment of modality/
new teachers Availability of modalities
SLM’s c. learning
Readiness of materials,
schools in the use Instructional
of preferred supervision
learning modality
Class observation
Readiness of
teachers in the 10 Monitoring of
select schools in learners’
the use of AI progress
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Smarter School
Model
Provision of Inventory of Distribution of Ensure
Learning available learning learning materials availability of
Resources resources versus to learners LM’s to learners
requirement at 1:1 ratio
Continuous
Fast-track development,
procurement reproduction and
process and quality assurance
distribution of of supplementary
tablet for learners and intervention
from the materials
downloaded funds
Availability of soft
Conduct of and hard copies
writeshop on the of SLMs in the
Development of learning portals
Learning
Resources for Continuous
SHS ( Learning production of
Activity Sheets), video lessons on
PIVOT Learners’ hard to
Materials and teach/learn
Learner Packets competencies
Development of Provision of
quality-assured additional reading
IDEA lesson and
exemplars and supplementary
LAS materials for Key
Stage 1 learners
Provision of soft
copies of digitized
modules
Equitable
distribution of
centrally-procured
learning modules
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Review Annual
Procurement Plan
to ensure inclusion
of budget
allocation for
SLMs/LAS
development and
reproduction
Reaching the Monitor inclusion Monitor inclusion Inclusion of all
Marginalized of all types of of all learners types of learners
learners and their regardless of and their suited
suited needs school/ needs
community
Availability of LM’s typology Availability of
for learners and LM’s for learners
resources to Strictly ensure and resources to
schools availability of schools
categorized under LM’s for learners categorized
last mile schools and resources to under last mile
schools schools
Provide additional categorized
resources to last under last mile
mile schools from schools
partnership and
linkages made by
SOCMOB focal
persons
Education Proper allocation Ensure timely Timely release of
Financing of SEF/MOOE release of schools’ MOOE
funds for the schools’ MOOE
provision of LM’s Partners’ support
Partners’ support in the provision of
Annual in the provision of any form of
Procurement Plan any form of assistance
that includes assistance
allocation for LM’s
/ LAS reproduction
Partners’ support
in the provision of
any form of
assistance
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Monitoring is the gathering of evidence to show what progress has been made
in the implementation of policies/programs. It focuses on inputs and outputs.
Evaluation is measuring changes in outcomes and evaluating the impact of specific
policies/programs on those outcomes. A good M & E system measures the inputs,
activities, outputs, outcomes and impact of specific program/objectives.
Challenges abound when COVID-19 started to affect our country. Issues and
concerns about the education of our children were brought to our attention, several
opinions flooded the social media platforms. But DepEd is determined that we have to
continue the education of our children despite the pandemic.
Now, many of us realized that schools are not just buildings where students go
to learn, and that teachers are irreplaceable. Our teachers missed our students’
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presence in schools. One of our teacher said: “Nakakamiss din naman ang ingay ng
mga bata at kakulitan nila sa ating eskuwelahan.” There is that bond between teachers
and learners in a face-to-face setting. Having that F2F connection with learners and
being able to support them across their unique skills – that’s very hard to replicate in a
distance learning environment. Nevertheless, we have to follow safety and health
protocols implemented by our country.
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Figures
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Tables
Table 1. SY 2020-2021 Enrolment as of May 30, 2021 (all sectors, by grade level)
Table 2. SY 2020-2021 Enrolment in ALS
Table 3. SY 2020-2021 School Learning Modalities
Table 4. Successes and Lessons of BE-LCP 2020-2021
Table 5. SY BE-LCP Matrix
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