Photo courtesy of Alliance of Concerned Teachers Facebook page.
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers called on President Duterte to urgently address “the serious welfare issues of public school teachers that erode their capacities, health, and morale, and put education continuity in jeopardy.”
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – Public school teachers are working longer hours while lacking support from the government in implementing distance learning for school year 2020-2021, a recent survey by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) showed.
The survey was conducted from March 29 to April 11 with 6,731 public school teachers as respondents. The survey showed that more than 70 percent of the teachers deem the distance learning workload “as negatively impacting on their physical and mental health.”
Alliance of Concerned Teachers (Facebook)
In a virtual press conference, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) asked the government to “immediately put in place” several key measures that would help address the mounting challenges experienced by students, parents, and teachers under the distance learning set-up being implemented this school year.
“Dapat inihahanda na natin yung resumption ng tunay na blended learning classes na may halong face-to-face, online, at modular pero pinakadapat yung face-to-face kasi ito lang ang talagang magso-solve doon eh, yung problema sa pagkawala ng mga bata at iba pa (We really should prepare for the resumption of true blended learning classes, one that has face-to-face, online and modular but the most important is the face-to-face which will ultimately solve the problem of dwindling participation of students, among others),” ACT Secretary General Raymond Basilio said.