Title

The new normal challenges and its effects to the students of Inhs during school year 2020.

Author

Kersly Yvonne Dargantes

Date published

January 10, 2020

The operation of the new normal education in the country and around the world was

severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic which began in December 2019. It became a

worldwide health crisis where everyone were literally affected regardless of age, gender, and

social status. The world stopped and economy collapsed as all business’s shutdown operations.

For instance, most countries closed the schools, colleges, and universities to contain the spread

of the virus. The crisis became a dilemma not only to the health sectors but also to the education

sectors. When the Philippine government ordered closures of all educational institutions, the

disruptions were sudden since classes were still running. At the height of the pandemic,

educational institutions came out with remote learning as an alternative solution. The immediate

action and strategy aims to mitigate the closure while continuously delivering quality education.

The sudden shift to online learning created a hot debate in the Philippines citing the poor

living conditions of the learners. Magsambol (2020) cites an obvious gap between those who can

and cannot afford the resources to avail the new education platform. The general condition of

children in the public school system sends a message of inequality with the DepEd’s mantra ‘no

child left behind.’ However, learning cannot be cancelled as much as to drive the economy. This

led to a tighter measure for education institutions in sustaining its operations despite the

impending risk.

One of the basic problems seen by Kasrekar (2020) is the conduct of classes despite of

the closure order. As the face-to-face classes pose higher risk of spread, the most viable solution

is through online teaching and learning. This platform challenges both the teachers and the

students as it occurs something new to them. This calls for an ‘adopt quickly’ response to the
new normal in teaching and learning amidst the pandemic (TanhuecoTumapon, 2020). The shift

to online learning was too sudden at a very short notice but academic institutions must strategize

and accelerate new forms of teaching pedagogy. The question of how ready the schools are in

terms of technical infrastructure is still left unanswered. Reopening of the schools at this stage is

expensive (Felter & Maizland, 2020).

This research aims to know the challenges and its effect for the students of Inhs in

this New Normal. Specifically, this research seeks to answer the following questions.

1. Central question:

What are the challenges faced by the students of Inhs in this new normal?

2. Sub-question:

What will the students do to come up with the education’s new normal challenges?

3. Other questions?

Is modular learning helpful or not?

Is modular learning effective or not?

An effective learning comes from a good teacher and an eager mind of a student to learn.

That's why learning is better if we are not self-learning. This new normal causes different

challenges to both students and teachers, thus having a hard time dealing with this situation.

Reading this study helps create openings for new ideas on how to deal with these faulty

challenges.
 Significance of the study

To the students, our research will help the students come up with the challenges they face

on this new normal. They will be able to analyze how adjust with the new normal way of

learning.

To the parents, they will understand the differences from then and now. That they should

be updating them and assisting with their difficulties.

To the teachers, this will let them realize the teaching skills that they should be using for

your students to learn despite of the new normal style of education.

To the LGU, they will be enlightened on how to maintain the safety of the parents in

getting and returning of modules in school. That they will not stop cooperation to the school

facilities.
 Definition of Terms

Modular learning - is a form of distance learning that uses Self-Learning Modules (SLM) based

on the most essential learning competencies (MLCS) provided by DepEd. The modules include

sections on motivation and assessment that serve as complete guide of both teachers’ and

students’ desired competencies.

New normal - if the world has not found a cure or a vaccine for Covid-19, we may have to adjust

to a “new normal”, meaning a new way of living and going about our lives, work, and

interactions with other people.

Supervise - is an act or instance of directing, managing, or oversight.

Emerge - it is the emergence of something is the process or event of its coming into existence.

Stepping-stone - is a shift to a temporary, flexible role. It's usually freelance, contract or part-

time work. It's a position that provides financial support and creates free time in your week, so

that you can focus on the areas you are passionate about in your spare time.
 Literature Review

Literature-based methodology is an effective tool to provide description, summary, and

critical evaluation of the existing literatures as the sources of information. It can also broadly

describe as a systematic way of collecting and synthesizing previous research (Snyder, 2019).

The sources of information were the various DepEd orders which include DepEd Order

Nos. 007, 013, and 014 s. 2020. In addition, the DOH AO No. 0015 s. 2020 was used. The author

reviewed the contents of the DepEd Orders and DOH administrative orders to develop a

framework of preparations checklist for the opening of classes in the new normal for School

Year 2020-2021. After identifying all the requirements, details were presented and discussed.

The author based the arguments from the current situations as well as cited literature and studies.

Due to the limited studies in the Philippines, the actual experience of the authors in running their

own private school were considered for the analysis and discussion.
 Research Methodology

a. Research Design

This Research aims to examine and discuss the challenges faced by public education

institutions in the Philippines as an effect of the Covid-19 pandemic. This pandemic has brought

a dilemma to educational institutions especially when the government announced and ordered

not to open face to face classes for Academic Year 2020 - 2021 until the Covid19 vaccine. In

response to this order, the Department of Education (DepEd) released department order nos. 007,

12, 13, and 14 series of 2020 instructing all basic education institutions to come up with their

learning continuity plan (LCP) and health and safety protocols in the new normal in education

during the pandemic. The bigger challenge is now passed on to the public schools. Literature

cited herein develop a framework as to the necessary measures every public education institution

must do in the reopening of the schools.

b. Population and sample

The population of this research is the student count of Inopacan National Highschool ranging

from Grade 7 – 10. I chose 10 random samples from the population

c. Sample Size
 I surveyed a random sample of 10 students of Inhs ranging from Grade 7 – 12 to see how

they cope up on the challenges they faced on this new normal education.

d. Instrumentation

I used questionnaires in conducting my survey.

This are the questions of the said questionnaires:

1. Did you find the new normal way of learning comfortable?

2. Was your span time enough to do all your given modules?

3. Did you regret on enrolling for this school year?

4. Do you learn that much from this new normal way of learning than having face to face

classes?

5. Do you prefer the new normal learning (modular system)?

e. Validity and Reliability of Instrument

The questionnaire I made is reliable in a way that it serves as a foundation of the information

we gather from the respondents. Base on the answers of the respondents we can distinctly

identify how this new normal learning positively/negatively affects the students.
f. Data Collection
g. Data Analysis
 The answers I gathered varied among my respondents. In conclusion, the respondents had

a hard time dealing with this new normal learning. They aren’t getting enough learning from

their lessons, some don’t have enough time to make their assignments due to their situations,

and others undeniably prefer teacher to students’ interactions rather than self-learning.

Majority of the answers I received were negative. For them to be this negative is caused

by the sudden change of the way of education. Dealing with this situation require vast

amount of time for it to be effectively implemented not mentioning some adjustments for the

behalf of the students.

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Statistical Result
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Students having difficulties with the new normal system h.
Students that don't have difficulties with the new normal system
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Statistical Treatment of Data

says the students faces many challenges with their studies for this school year.