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II. BACKGROUND
& Rationale
To analyze the gap and to assess the need, a research
was conducted last April 2020 with the leadership of the
Schools Division Superintendent, Benilda M. Daytaca,
Ed.D. to aid in scanning the internal and external situ-
ation of the schools division. This research has identi-
fied the preference of the different stakeholders of the
Schools Division of Benguet on the mode of delivering
teaching and learning during these unusual times.
Research Results viv-a-vis School’s Readiness Report
As the research study centers only in the Schools Divi-
sion of Benguet, respondents of the study only involved
school stakeholders from the 14 districts of the Division
namely Atok, Bakun, Bokod, Buguias, Itogon 1, Itogon 2,
Kabayan, Kapangan, Kibungan, La Trinidad, Mankayan,
Sablan, Tuba, and Tublay. With reference to the word
“school stakeholders”, the study limited its definition of
the word to the following primary school stakeholders
only: parents, learners, teachers, department heads, and
school heads.
In the research conducted, it is apparent from the sta-
tistical results that Blended learning, accounting for
1,873 (40%) responses favoring the aforementioned
teaching and delivery mode, was the most preferred.
Not far behind was Home study with 1,452 (30%) re-
sponses followed by Home schooling accounting for 571
responses (16%), then Face to face with only 571 (12%)
responses. Simply saying, primary school stakeholders in
Schools Division of Benguet LEARNING CONTINUITY OPERATIONAL PLAN
Another initiative conducted this May 2020 was the
conceptualization of the Schools’ Readiness form which
aims to determine the capacity, capability and connec-
tivity of schools and school personnel in delivering varied
learning deliveries, and specific preferences of expected
enrollees based from their available resources. Both
efforts shed light on the willingness of school stakehold-
ers to provide necessary equipment for the alternative
learning delivery modes of teaching and learning and will
be significant in supporting the learning continuity plan
for the Division of Benguet amidst this pandemic.
the Schools Division of Benguet which involve learners,
parents, teachers, school heads, and department heads
foresee Blended learning as the most plausible teach-
ing and learning delivery mode at this time. That is, the
stakeholders prefer a combination of home schooling
and home study. The respondents preferred teaching
and learning that exists as a product of collaboration
between parents and the school institution as in blend-
ed learning although teachers facilitate the teaching
and the school has the provision of modules. Parents, at
times, may now become teachers and may even have the
opportunity to choose materials for learning and to set
the schedule of learning assessment.
The research results supported the Schools’ Readiness
form data entry of all the fourteen districts. Data gath-
ered identified that majority of the parents preferred
blended learning. Out of the targeted 77,434 expected SY
2020-2021 regular class enrollees in the Schools Division
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