Capiz’s school adopts new teaching style to make up for classes missed

SUPERTYPHOON Yolanda was one of the most disruptive disasters to hit the country this year. While life goes on, it would take some time for lives and routines to normalize.

For schools in calamity areas like the province of Capiz’ Parish School of St. Isidore, classes were suspended for nearly a month. The school also needed major repairs.

With so much classes to make up for, the school decided to adopt the innovative teaching framework, Dynamic Learning Program (DLP), which was developed by Ramon Magsaysay awardees and renowned physicists Dr. Christopher Bernido and Dr. M. Victoria Carpio-Bernido for their school, Central Visayan Institute Foundation (CVIF) in Jagna, Bohol.

Using the same Department of Education curriculum, it is designed to improve basic education given the country’s multiple socioeconomic and cultural constraints.

Based on their scientific studies, the Bernidos came up with the formula “80 percent student activity + 4 academic days + 0 homework” to significantly improve the academic performance of the student.

“I pushed for the adoption of DLP in our school and I am glad that we did. While we have suspended classes for almost a month following the typhoon, I am confident our students would be able to catch up academically,” said Fr. Randy Guarino, the school head.

“Performance of the students has significantly improved since we instituted DLP this school year,” Guarino said.

“The learning possibilities for students under the DLP framework are limitless.  Learning doesn’t have to happen within the confines of the classroom,” said Esther Santos, president of PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF). DLP is one of the programs supported by PSF and Smart as part of advocacies in education.