RECOVERING LEARNING LOSSES (STRUGGLING READERS) POST

PANDEMIC TIME

According to UNICEF Organization- Philippines press releases,

“estimates suggest that without urgent action, a Grade 3 child who has lost
one year of schooling during the pandemic could lose up to three years' worth
of learning in the long run. “Learning losses due to school closures are one of
the biggest global threats to medium- and long-term recovery from COVID-
19.”I
If left unevaluated, these learning losses threaten to generate a
generation of students with reduced lifetime economic value, which in turn will
lower future individual and national productivity. Educators and school leaders
must take a drastic action to recover learning losses. It emphasizes the
importance of accurately determining the extent of knowledge losses, tailoring
teaching based on the student’s level, focusing on foundational skills, and
providing quality in-service teacher training to accurately addressed the
problem.
In this manner, an in-depth approach in teaching must be applied by the
teachers. School leaders must now race to build programs that, we hope, will
help students make up for at least some of this missed learning. Going back
to basics of learning, reading, listening, speaking and writing, should be
taught in an effective way, providing remedial education and socio-emotional
support to help students catch-up and ensure school retention.
The challenge is to make sure that immediate action must be ensure and
take this opportunity to start seeing a turning point in addressing the learning
crisis. The comprehensive reforms that are needed in each one of our schools
must be safeguard for the learning losses to be recovered.

CHARITO V. RICHARDSON
Master Teacher I
Mercedes Elementary School
Mercedes District
Teaching Strategies and
Classroom Management

One popular approach: "high-dosage" tutoring.