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classes in August due to unfavorable situations
The DepEd can look around the world to learn the
best practices and adopt quick, cost-effective ways
to local conditions to both address the student-
departure problem and the possibility of school
disruption. Some contingency moves such as
subsidized selling of inexpensive Android-based
budget tablets to needy students and trimming down
regular course content to keep more students in the
school system in the uncertain period merit a close
look. Indeed, some local governments like Makati,
Manila and Quezon City are already adopting their
own programs such as providing free and affordable
tablets and laptops to teachers and students in need.
https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/08/02/opinion/co
lumnists/covid-19-turns-into-an-education-
crisis/748968/
The Deped and some local governments provided
low-cost materials to donate and offer to those who
are unfortunate to precede and continue learning.
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Teachers highlighted the failure of the government
to conduct mass testing, the lack of contact tracing
teams in communities, and the shortage of health
care workers who can provide assistance to schools.
They raised these issues to press for the further
postponement of school openings. They were joined
by legislators and local leaders who are worried that
DepEd will be overwhelmed with an unmanageable
crisis if it continues to insist on opening schools in
August.
During several Congress and Senate hearings in the
past three months, lawmakers expressed concern
about the readiness of the Department of Education
(DepEd) in transitioning to a blended type of
learning, which would entail continuous training,
procurement of new learning materials, and
installation of broadband connections.
https://thediplomat.com/2020/08/are-schools-in-the-
philippines-ready-to-open-in-a-pandemic/
The educators wanted to postpone the opening of
which is caused by the lack of assurance from the
government and resources for the new normal
learning.
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Apart from the economic impact of the pandemic,
the education sector has been greatly impacted with
the closure of schools, resulting in disruption of
learning; dismissal of teachers, as well as intensified
digital, rural-urban and gender divides. In addition,
the teachers have been exposed to tremendous stress
to adapt to new platforms, teaching methods and
workloads to ensure that students are not lagging.
Though the governments’ claim to be encouraging
and providing the necessary support and the use of
digital tools to ensure that teaching and learning are
not affected, in most of the countries here in the
Asia-Pacific, the public education system has poor
infrastructures, the teachers and students have
insufficient access to online platforms, teachers
have not been adequately trained in the use of
technology, and students - particularly in the rural
areas - do not have access to internet in most cases
and to computers to some extent.
https://www.worldsofeducation.org/en/woe_homep
age/woe_detail/16768/%E2%80%9Cthe-impact-of-
covid-19-on-society-in-the-asia-pacific-region
%E2%80%9D-by-masaki-okajima
The teachers and students share struggles in
adapting the new normal phase where Asia-Pacific
is at disadvantage due to insufficient access to the
resources and platforms. The educators has been
under stress for being uncovered by the unfamiliar
change.
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This quantitative study examined the Mainland
China and Hong Kong students’ studying abroad
expectations after the pandemic. Among the 2,739
respondents, 84 percent showed no interest in
studying abroad after the pandemic. For those
respondents who will still pursue further degrees
abroad, Asian regions and countries, especially
Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan, are listed in the top
five, in addition to the US and the UK. While the
Pandemic has significantly decreased international
student mobility, it is also shifting the mobility flow
of international students, and East Asian countries
and regions are facing more opportunities in the
increasingly competitive higher education sector for
International students. This article also indicates the
current global health crisis would intensify social
and economic inequalities across different higher
education systems when some countries fail to
maintain the scale of international learning because
of different economic recovery paces in the
COVID-19 era.

https://www.researchcghe.org/perch/resources/publi
cations/wp54to-publish.pdf

The study shows that large percent of students are

disinterested in learning overseas after COVID-19
where East Asian countries sees opportunity for
above average education after the recovery from the
Pandemic.

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The study found that one out of five respondents

said that their children had lost interest in school or
are demotivated, while cost was also found to be the
biggest factor contributing to the issue. One in two
respondents said that they struggled paying for
tuition fees while 50 percent found it difficult to
provide pocket money for their kids. 

https://theaseanpost.com/article/more-school-
dropouts-pandemic

Parents of the students have been struggling to

provide tuition and money for their children yet
uninterested kid addends the struggle.