BAGUIO CITY (PIA)– In response to the challenges in the delivery of quality education amid the COVID – 19 pandemic, the Department of Education is now bringing virtual classrooms for public elementary school children here in the Cordillera region.
DepEd – CAR officials headed by Regional Director Estela Cariño and Assistant Regional Director Florante Vergara, on Monday (June 6) led the launching the Virtual Classroom Learning Delivery at Baguio Central School, here.
A part of DepEd – CAR’s Project HyTEQ or the Hybrid Learning using Technology with Equity and Quality, the virtual classroom aims to improve the learning resources efficiency and enhance the teaching/learning process through hybrid teaching – learning delivery.
The project’s components include delivery of stable internet connectivity, gadgets (tablet) for learner beneficiaries, audio–video devices and other ICT equipment for teacher implementers, provision of training to teachers for learning delivery and for school heads– project monitoring– and internet load for project beneficiaries.
Cariño outlined that the provision of hybrid or blended learning to ensure the delivery of quality learning is the way of the new normal. She encouraged all DepEd School Division Offices (SDOs) in the region to ensure its effective delivery in their respective areas.
For the pilot testing of the Virtual Classroom Project, aside from the 41 Grade 2 learners of the Baguio Central School, the first batch also includes 120 kinder to grade 3 learners from the Bangued West Central School in Abra, Benguet SPED Center, Kiangan Central School in Ifugao, Sagada Central School in Mountain Province, and Tabuk City Central School in Kalinga.
For the Batch 2 of the Project, it will include 283 learners from nine classes in Bangued West CS, Flora Central School in Apayao, Baguio City Central School, Puguis Elementary School and La Trinidad Central School in Benguet, Lagawe Central School in Ifugao and Sagada Central School in Mountain Province.
Cariño thanked all the implementers and stakeholders for being part of the project as she said that its implementation may not be easy but its success will give way for the expansion of the project to other learners and schools in the region.
For the launching, Baguio City Central School Teacher 1 Noeme Capuyan and her Grade 2 class gave a sample class demonstration.
Invited guest during the program were Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, Congressman Mark Go and City Council Committee on Education chairperson Vladimir Cayabas. **JDP/CCD-PIA CAR
