THE ADAPTATION OF JUANA ENRIQUEZ MACALALAG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

STUDENTS after CONDUCTING FACE TO FACE CLASSES

(INTRODUCTION)
Rationale
Studying is one of the most affected aspects of human life due to COVID-19 pandemic. This
research reiterates the adherence of learnings of the students as significant in the face-to-
face classes following national and international guidelines in mitigating the effects of
COVID-19 pandemic in freshmans.
According to recent studies, the adaption of face-to-face classes in Juana Enriquez
Macalalag National High School was in progress and taking it to the better level, aiming to
boost the better learning power of students. However, there's still a problem on how
students will adjust to the new normal because they used to do the modular and online
classes causing some students to have depressions and anxiety before. In line of this, this
research is important because it will help the students in the particular school to adapt the
new normal and to release the anxiety that they'ved experienced.
Setting of the problem
The study is to be conducted in Juana Enriquez Macalalag National High School located at
Proper Tuyom,Carcar City, Cebu. It is a typical public school that caters Junior and Senior
high school students. The aim and goals of this study is to know how did the school adapt
after implementing limited face-to-face classes. Our school, Juana Enriquez Macalalag is one
of the schools in Carcar City where most of enrollees are from middle-class and
disadvantaged families whose immediate ancestors are either laborer, vendors, and etc.
In the midst of the bewildering pandemic, Department of Education implemented to have
the New Learning Education System which is what we called as ‘Blended Learning’ where it
can be both modular learning or online-classes learning. Due to the decreasing level of
CoVid-19 victims in the present, DepEd conducts a limited face-to-face class in the areas
with alert level 1 and 2. And luckily Juana Enriquez Macalalag NHS is one of the schools in
Carcar City that conducts or has the capability to implement the limited Face-To-Face
Classes.

Literature foundation
In this study, the students in Juana Enriquez Macalalag National High School are entering
the new normal set up for the limited face to face classes. Several studies that students are
more likely to experience higher rates of depression and anxiety. Anxiety is the top
presenting concern among students (41.6 percent), followed by depression (36.4 percent)
and relationship problems (35.8 percent).
When Face-to-face is declared it gives better motivation to study; instant feedback. It is too
difficult to learn everything through computer. Face-to-face interaction with instructors is
way better for the learning process among students. It also can improve the student’s
mental health and mood. Face-to-face is better for resolving study problems. It’s an
opportunity to start again socialize and express about the thoughts. However, with schools
and colleges moving to virtual formats, teens may feel lonely, unmotivated, or discouraged
without regular social interaction.
While adapting to the new experiences, students’ readiness needs to be gauged and
supported accordingly. The learners who experienced some difficulties in the new education
system is difficult to adapt to a new learning environment (Doucet et ai, 2020)
Seriousness of the problem
Scientists identified a new infectious disease in an early January 2020. Since then, the covid
19 pandemic has caused widespread disruptions to schools and universities, according to
UNESCO, as of april 10, 2020 more than 188 countries had implemented nationwide school
and university closure, impacting over 91% of the world's student population (UNESCO n.d.).
Transitioning from classroom teaching to online instruction is a challenge even under the
best possible circumstances, let alone as an emergency response to the COVID-19
pandemic. In education, as in the rest of the world, it will take a while to adjust to the "NEW
NORMAL".
General Objective
It is very evidence that this pandemic brings all students into the difficulties of studying. But
it's not the sign for us to give up, because everything changed for a reason. So, it is a good
idea that we are now in the new normal set up for us to learn more about what topics in our
class we are gonna having for. It is the rightful for us to be in a regular class to understand
on what truly matters for all of us students.
We are aware that many teachers and students desired limited face-to-face classes in order
to have a deeper comprehension of the various modules. The Department of Education
hoped to reach this format in order for students to learn new things and gain a better
understanding of the topics or lessons they are studying on their own. As a result, they
aimed to provide greater learning opportunities for children who had ambitions about their
own stories.
General Purpose
To find out why some students prefer modular/online learning, while others are adapting to
improve and feel comfortable taking this mode of risk. Describing the pros and cons of these
changes is one of the purposes why we conduct this research. This research also helps the
students to encourage their oneself to feel better and go back to the desire learnings that
they've ever had.