PARENTS’ INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION

DURING PANDEMIC
CECILLE C. MANANSALA
SST-III
FRANCISCO G. NEPOMUCENO MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the Department of Education has ordered the
cancellation of face-to-face classroom meeting among teachers and learners. Thus, learners are
required to stay at home with their parents or guardians. This paves way to different learning
modalities to continue education despite the threat of COVID-19. The Department of Education
has implemented different learning modalities such as online learning, modular instruction,
home-based learning, radio and television-based learning. Since students stay at home, they are
supposed to be guided or assisted by their parents in their education. Unlike in the traditional
way of learning where students go to school every day, this time students spend their time at
home studying.
It is expected that parents guide or support their children in their studying at home.
However, there are instances when parents cannot help their children academically due to the
fact that the parents themselves do not know how to read and write. In this case, parents should
be honest and seek help to teachers for further assistance. In other cases, it is the sisters or
brothers or relatives of the learners who provide help to the learners. However, it is ideally
advised that parents should be hands-on to students especially to young ones who have limited
knowledge of the subject matter. More specifically, young learners who do not know yet how to
read and write. When young learners are on online class, it is hoped that parents are beside them
guiding them so they can assist their children after their online class. When children are on
online class and no one assists them, the tendency is, they are less motivated and cannot grasp
easily the discussion. Thus, parents’ involvement or assistance is undeniably needed to foster
learning and motivation among learners.
When the expectation is not met, learners are most affected. In high school for instance,
when students are not given proper attention by parents, they do what they want to do for
pleasure. They spend most of their time playing online games. Parents think that they are using
their phones for online class. Less they know, that their children are already hooked with mobile
legends or any other online games. Thus, to prevent this from happening, it is asked and hoped
that parents monitor or guide their children in their education at home during this harsh and
challenging time of pandemic.