From Bad to Worse - the Widening Gap in Education

Homeschooling During Covid-19 Pandemic

A year after the covid pandemic prompted the government to take drastic measures to prevent the spread of the virus and sent the Philippines into months-long lockdown, all schools in the Philippines have been closed, face-to-face classes have been canceled, and children under the age of 15 are prohibited from going out of their houses.

Educational Progam in the Philippines, USAID

Children and students have been forced to study at home for the past year, working on homework in the form of handouts distributed by schools or taking classes in an online format. Elementary students in the capital city of Manila, study using materials delivered on a tablet device that the city of Manila lends out for free to the poor.

Global handwashing day at Lupok Central Elementary School, commons.wikimedia.org by Jovitaholanda

However, due to extremely poor communication, it is difficult for them to download and get the materials, and in times that they do not understand the lesson, it is difficult for them to ask the teacher. Many students in this situation are voicing out their frustration and say that they want to study by meeting teachers and friends. Mothers also voiced their concern saying that their children want to go to school every day because this online class is too bad a system for their children to study.

According to the Philippine Department of Education, 60% or 14.4 million students from elementary school to high school do not have access to these online classes, and local media have reported about the widening education gap between the poor and the rich.

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