Background of the Study

The Philippines, as one of the developing countries in Southeast Asia

carry on with online learning as a means to continue education during this

pandemic. However, financial and acceptance factors remain to be a problem.

This would limit the potential use new normal education process. Despite some

encouraging progress in recent years, there are still limitations to students’

access to online education in the Philippines. Many professionals are beginning

to question whether students are prepared to be successful in an online learning

environment.

This study provides a thorough evaluation of the student’s capability to

continue online learning despite the lack of availability of online learning

resources. Drawn on the existing pandemic and potential shift to full online

learning, the researchers focused on the descriptive evaluation of how

underprivileged surpass hindrances for online learning of Grade 11 Senior High

School students in a less-economically developed country. From the evidence

available in the education sector, however, it appears that deprived students with

insufficient online learning resources are a significant problem. It reflects on

student’s educational attainment indicates low levels of quality education.

The success of Grade 11 students coming from disadvantaged

backgrounds is usually limited due to their family’s status. They are confined by

the restricted financial resources their families possess. Unfortunately, those who

are less fortunate will have less chance to participate in online learning. Some

students from low-income households or remote areas do not have internet

access and gadgets; and as per Albay Rep. Joey Salceda shared, only 17% of

Filipino students have internet access at home and only 3.74% have mobile

phones (Daguno-Bersamina & Relativo, 2020).

The availability of services and education system in the Philippines would

have a huge effect on Grade 11 students' distance learning. In order to address

this and aid the student’s for online learning, LGU’s conducted a distribution of

free educational tools for Kinder to Grade 12 students and teachers. The Pasig

LGU has provided tablets and laptops for all its public elementary and high

school students that were distributed to them in time for the opening of classes

last October. DepEd has now acquired sufficient printed learning materials, such

as modules and workbooks, which must be distributed to learners in a one-to-one

ratio. Modular activities are brought to students that are underprivileged and do

not have internet access and gadgets.

Underprivileged Grade 11 students face a significant obstacle in

continuing their online learning since they cannot be sent to school, as this would

violate the physical distancing policy, exposing the students to the threat of the

invisible enemy, Covid-19. Therefore, we aim to achieve enlightenment as to how

these students provide their expenses at school and continue to comply with their

activities in this situation.