The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday said most parents prefer the modular learning modality for their children over other options this incoming schoolyear, which opens August 24.
Data from Learner Enrollment and Survey Form (LESF) showed that 8.8 million parents preferred modular, over the 3.9 million who voted for blended learning, which is a combination of different modalities: module, television and radio or radio with online.
Parents who opted for online only numbered 3.8 million.
A total of 1.4 million parents preferred educational television while at least 900,000 chose radio-based instruction. Around 500,000 or half a million parents preferred other modalities.
As 8 a.m. of July 30, a total of 22, 360, 089 or 80.4 percent have enrolled for School Year (SY) 2020-2021. Of the enrollees, 1, 373, 362 have registered in private schools.
Meanwhile, the DepEd also revealed that 400, 613 learners from private school , state universities and colleges, and local universities and colleges moved to public schools nationwide.
Of this number, 245,878 are in elementary; 106, 660 in Junior High School (JHS) , 41, 574 in Senior High School , and 6,501 learners with disabilities.
For private schools alone, 372, 570 have transferred to public schools.
“We are grateful to all parents who participated in the survey and expressed support to DepEd’s Learning Continuity Plan. Let us allow our learners to continue learning while we protect their health and well-being,” the DepEd said.
LESF was the main enrollment tool used for the remote and dropbox enrolment for SY 2020-2021.
The tool is an expanded version of the regular enrollment form which captures not only the basic profile of learners but also relevant survey questions for parents designed to profile the household in terms of their readiness for distance education.
The DepEd said LESF captures the following vital information that will provide DepEd with evidence in making the implementation of Learning Continuity Plan (LCP) “grounded on data: i) employment status of parents or guardians, ii) manner of going to school of learner, iii) number of learners in every household, iv) presence of household members that can provide instructional support in distance learning, v) availability of gadgets and devices, vi) access to internet, vii) preferred learning modality, viii) challenges that may affect learning in distance mode and ix) number of private school learners who enrolled in public schools.”
These data and information, the DepEd added, were used by every Region, School Division and school in designing their respective learning continuity plan particularly in making decision on what learning modalities will be implemented.
“These data were also used in determining the budget requirements for the LCP particularly on the requirements for learning resources.”