AUTHOR: Fernando M. Reimers

KEY INFO: The book tells us about the impacts of Covid-19 on education in Brazil, Chile, Finland, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Russia, etc. but most of these impacts are also present in Mindanao. It is mentioned in the book that the pandemic reduced the ability of students and teachers in learning and teaching. Also, it is stated that the impact of the pandemic diminished the ability of families to support children and youth in their education because of the economic shocks that was experienced by families that also caused some private schools to close in Davao Region because only few can afford to enroll. (PTV Davao, 2021)

DATE PUBLISHED: November 16, 2021

AUTHOR: Garnet Group 4- Gonzales, Padilla, and Soja

INFO: The video documentary talks about how the pandemic has increased the dropout rates of students in the Philippines. It talks about the different reasons as to why the dropout rate has increased and what caused it. As shown in the video, the dropout rate for the Philippines is high compared to other countries in Asia, but with the pandemic the dropout rate has increased due to the health risk to students. The students risk getting health issues by going to school as they could contract the COVID-19 virus.

AUTHOR:  Dave of Ebenezer

KEY INFO: The Ebenezer Bible College and Seminary INC. of Zamboanga City hosted a webinar with speaker Ms. Sarah G. Formento to discuss the challenges of the new normal education, particularly in Zamboanga City. Ms. Formento highlighted the challenges faced by learners and teachers in Zamboanga, discussed a few realities of students during online class, and suggested strategies on how to cope with the challenges of distance learning. 

AUTHOR: Jaime Saavedra

DATE PUBLISHED: March 30,2022

KEY INFO: The blog article says that we were already suffering a global learning crisis because students aren't gaining life skills despite attending school. This pandemic has the potential to worsen these even more if there is no immediate action. Therefore, we should be more concerned of the pandemic's impact on children including: learning losses, increased dropout rates, and children missing their most crucial meal. In Mindanao, Senator Nancy Binay expressed alarm over a 30% decline in enrollments in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), which included the still war-torn Marawi City (Rappler, 2020).

AUTHOR:   DIÑO Niña, STA. CRUZ Maxine

DATE PUBLISHED: September 18, 2020

KEY INFO:  Mindanao's Lumad students are grappling with both challenges of distance learning and recurring attacks on their schools.   Beverly Gofredo of SOS Network noted that parents of Lumad students struggles to support their children’s shift to modular learning due to the prices of learning resources and their limited educational background. Reportedly on August 26, 2020, Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Inc (MISFI) Academy in Bukidnon is among the Lumad schools who have faced the brunt of the attacks during the pandemic. As preexisting conflicts continue to harm teachers, students, and volunteers, the Lumad students' rights to education has been continually undermined throughout the pandemic. 

AUTHOR: Altamir A. Salamuddin

DATE PUBLISHED: July 21, 2021

KEY INFO:  According to the statistics, the implementation of the most efficient and practical teaching strategy by the school is what determines the learning of the children, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The students' face-to-face perceptions have a grand mean of 3.3436, which indicates that they think conventional modular is expensive and does not offer a good learning environment since they are not physically present with the teacher and their classmates. The total grand mean of the student's perception of the modular distance learning approach is 2.4287 which means that the data provided evidence and the majority of the respondents disagreed with the said approach. The study sought to determine the perceptions of the students in Mindanao State University –Sulu regarding their experiences during the face-to-face learning approach and modular distance learning approach to make sure that the learning method is effective.