The City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) is now preparing day care centers in Davao City’s 182 barangays for the opening of classes on September 12.
CSWDO Focal Person for Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Welfare Program Ellena Gabaton, in an interview over the Davao City Disaster Radio on Monday, August 22, 2022, said that the day care centers all over the city are gearing for blended learning mechanism for the classes of the toddlers (3-4 years old), with two days a week classes.
“Karong face to face dili sabay- sabay, gi-groupings nato na kay dili gyud dapat sabay-sabay sa classroom (Now that itās face-to-face we will not hold simultaneous classes, they will be grouped and they will not attend classes together),ā Gabaton said.
She added that those in Group 1 will attend face-to-face classes on Mondays and Wednesdays while those in Group 2 will have their face-to-face classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There will be no classes on Fridays so that workers can devote their time to creating activity guides for the remaining days that the children are taught at home.
A maximum of 20 students per classroom will be accommodated if the classroom is big enough.
Gabaton said that currently, workers, along with the parents and the community, are preparing the classrooms and will make them developmentally appropriate and conducive for learning.
“Sa parents pud naga- conduct na ug Bayanihan Bulilit, kung sa DepEd pa Brigada Eskwela. Nagatabang sila sa day care workers sa pagpa-gwapo ug pag improve sa day care center (The parents are conducting Bayanihan Bulilit, which is the counterpart of the DepEdās Brigada Eskwela. They are helping the workers to improve the day care centers),ā Gabaton said.
She added that the activities before the opening of classes include enrolment of children and meetings with parents so that by September 9, 2022, the children will already have fixed class schedules. CIO
