Readiness of Capalonga District on Gradual Resumption of Face-To-Face Classes

This study is descriptive-correlational methods of research which described the readiness of Capalonga District on gradual resumption of face-to-face classes. Specifically, it sought to answer the following problems; 1) What is profile of the public schools in Capalonga District in terms of category; enrolment for SY 2021-2022; MOOE? 2) What is the extent of readiness of Capalonga District in the gradual resumption of face-to-face classes in terms of; managing safe school operations; ensuring teaching and learning well-being and protection; and home-school coordination?; 3) Is there a significant relationship between the profile of the public schools in Capalonga District and their extent of readiness for the gradual resumption of classes?; 4) What are the challenges in the gradual resumption of face-to-face classes encountered by the public schools in Capalonga District?; and 5) What intervention may be formulated to ensure the readiness of the schools gradual resumption of face-to-face classes in Capalonga District?

According to the school profile data, 63 percent of schools fall into the small category. More than 50 percent of the schools with 101 to 300 students enrolled. The majority of the schools have MOOE allocations of 300,000 or less, although one (1) recently founded school has no MOOE. According to the results, there are differences in the category, enrollment, and MOOE profiles of the schools in the Capalonga District. It is advised that schools continue to work closely with parents, the local community, national organizations, and other interested parties to increase enrollment and supplement resources.

This study also showed that, according to the perceptions of the school heads or principals, all schools have attained an excellent level of readiness for the gradual return of face-to-face instruction, along with managing safe school operations, ensuring teaching and learning, well-being and protection, and home-school coordination. It has been determined that all of the schools in the Capalonga District are prepared to start offering face-to-face instruction. According to this, schools should continue to adopt face-to-face lessons with outstanding readiness, especially when it comes to health regulations.

Furthermore, the profile of schools and extent of readiness for the three (3) variables considered obtained no significant relationship between the variables considered except for school’s category profile and managing safe school operations. Based on the findings, it is concluded that the category of the school, enrolment and MOOE has no significant relationship on the readiness of schools on gradual resumptions of face-to-face classes in terms of ensuring teaching and learning, well-being and protection and home school coordination except managing safe school operations. It is recommended that the extent of readiness should be maintained and sustained all throughout the implementation of face-to-face classes. Moreover, the findings revealed the three (3) top challenges encountered such as; lack of hand washing area; no provision of an isolation room, and absence of waiting area in the school vicinity. It is concluded that despite obtaining excellent in readiness in all variables considered, there are challenges that surfaced along the preparation of the schools on the gradual resumption of face-to-face classes. So that, it is recommended that schools should construct additional handwashing facilities to achieve the handwashing-learner ratio for group handwashing and identify permanent isolation rooms and waiting areas even without the pandemic for health care purposes and provide additional space for isolation rooms and buildings intended for the purpose of holding the student and personnel with sign and symptoms of COVID- 19.

Based on the findings, the researcher proposed an intervention plan to make sure that will effectively happen to all schools in Capalonga District. The intervention plan focuses on addressing the revealed challenges encountered in the preparations of schools on the gradual resumption of face-to-face classes. It is recommended that the intervention plan should be adopted and implemented by Capalonga District after the approval of the public school’s district supervisor and schools division superintendent.

Gradual resumption, face-to-face classes, readiness, profile

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