THE EXTENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MODULAR DISTANCE LEARNING

IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT TABACO CITY DIVISION (DISTRICT 2)

A Thesis Proposal Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Bicol

University, Legaspi City

A Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of Master in Mathematics Education

ERICA LASALITA CANON

April 2021

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 I. INTRODUCTION

COVID-19, originated from Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, City of China,

has caused shutdown of all schools, both public and private, all over the world.
Education then was severely affected. The World Health Organization (WHO)
declared a public health emergency of international concern which resulted in the
restrictions of international travel, improvement in the health system capacity and
most essentially the imposition of public health standards and community
quarantine. The traditional face-to-face instruction was suspended for the safety
of learners, teachers and other staffs. As part of the remedy, the Department of
Education has designed the DepEd Order No. 12 s. 2020, titled, “Adoption of
the Basic-Education Learning Continuity Plan for School Year 2020-2021 in
Light of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency”. In line with the said DepEd
Order, the BASIC EDUCATION LEARNING CONTINUITY PLAN (BE-LCP) was
developed to respond to the basic education challenges brought about by this
pandemic. The BE-LCP was developed to promote learning continuously to
learners and for safe delivery of teaching instructions for teachers. Different
learning strategies and modalities, as major adjustments to the situation, were
enabled. The three (3) learning modalities implemented are: (a) Distance
Learning (b) Blended Learning, and (c) Home Schooling.
In the Philippines, the Department of Education has conducted survey
about the learning modality to be used and learning through printed and digital
modules appeared to be the most preferred distance learning of parents to those
learners enrolled in this academic year. Tabaco City Division of Region V (Bicol)
has 50 schools under it and out of this, 46 schools or 92% are currently under the
MDL approach. Additionally, the District 2 of the said Division, has only 2 schools
who are in the Online Distance Learning (ODL) approach. Different stakeholders
such as DepEd personnel, teachers, barangay officials, and parents were
engaged in this journey. Self-Learning Modules (SLMs) initiated by DepEd are
being distributed and retrieved through schools every week with the assistance of
the barangay through the Punong Barangay and its members. Schedules for
each subject are guided through the Weekly Home Learning Plan (WHLP). The
learners are expected to complete all tasks at the end of the week. However, to
ensure the monitoring of progress of every student, open communication should
be practiced via text messages, use of social media and home visitation.
Although, independent study has developed within the learners the sense of

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 responsibility, increasing challenges were still faced in the continuous execution
of the learning modality.
II. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
This study will evaluate the implementation of Modular Distance Learning
(MDL) in Senior High School of Tabaco City Division. In particular, this research
will answer the following problems:
1. What is the level of implementation of Modular Distance Learning (MDL) in
Senior High School at Tabaco City Division this School Year 2020-2021?
2. What are the challenges encountered by teachers, parents, and students
in the implementation of Modular Distance Learning (MDL)?
3. What plan of action may be proposed to further improve the
implementation of Modular Distance Learning (MDL) at Senior High School
at Tabaco City Division?
III. SCOPE AND DELIMITATION
This study is limited to Senior High School of Tabaco City Division
specifically District 2. This study aims to assess the level of implementation of
the Modular Distance Learning (MDL) in Senior High School students.
Additionally, the researcher also seeks to find out the challenges in the
implementation of Modular Distance Learning (MDL) by ABM students. Lastly,
possible methods, intervention and solutions that should be offered to
teachers, parents and students having difficulty in the learning modality.

IV. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study will be beneficial for the improvement of the curriculum. Since
this is the first year to implement the Modular Distance Learning approach,
there is a need to assess whether this modality is effective specially in this
new normal. Assessment of the resources and other aspects which
contributes to the success of the education sector.

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