Academic normalcy still seems out of reach for many kids, teachers, and parents as we approach the two-year mark of the initial wave of pandemic-caused school closures. Given the valiant efforts of children to learn and teachers to teach under extremely difficult circumstances, the output releases are disturbing and may even be disheartening. From our vantage point, these test-score declines in no way suggest that these students are part of a “lost generation” or that we should stop having faith in them. We also don’t mean to imply that teachers are somehow to blame for the achievement declines between 2020 and 2021; rather, we’re saying that teachers already had a tough job to do before the epidemic, and now they’re dealing with enormous new obstacles, many of which are out of their control.

First, teachers think beyond the box to cope with the learning loss of the pupils. It is really a challenging part of the teacher to continue education. Teachers as well as other teaching staff think of an effective intervention that will help and cater to pupils who are in need. We compare the test-score declines that occurred during the pandemic to the test-score increases linked to the widespread interventions that the division used as part of their pandemic recovery efforts in order to put the severity of COVID-19’s effects into context. Can we expect that these methods will be successful enough to assist children to catch up if we assume that they will continue to be successful in a COVID-19 school environment? We all hope that it is an effective way. But if every teacher as well as parents doesn’t lose hope for the child’s progress, a beautiful result will come in.

By: Mary Jane A. Martinez|Teacher III |Cataning Integrated School|Balanga City, Bataan