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Local Literature
The pandemic caused so many things and it did lead us to this new set up called “new
normal”, causing the school for forced closure and disrupting the children’s learning. Local
schools had a hard time adapting to the “online learning” due to the poor and lack of technology
and internet. The activities are rarely being done normally and is being limited since the only
communication an educator and learner could have during this times is through internet. Thus,
Buenaviaje (2020) said, “learning should continue despite of the crisis,”. (Coronavirus Pandemic
Highlights Failures of Philippine Education, 2021)
UNICEF (2020) stated the households engaged in coping strategies, earning money for
their food, children’s education, their everyday needs and many more. These household’s major
concerns are their health and money in order to survive and cope up in the midst of pandemic. In
IDIs, they were asked about the major concerned and 2 out of 14 answered about their own child
being ill and 12 out of 14 answered school. The respondents talk about the switch remote
learning and how they could not provide a gadget and internet for their child. The time
management the children need to do to focus on learning and household works bothers them and
worried about the health of the own child.
Due to the virus and how it could be transmitted easily if we do not follow the safety
protocols, already change human behaviors, ways, lifestyles, and relation it also could be the
places we used to go. Still, measures are taken and the government still wants to control the
spread of the virus. They put a limitation like community quarantine, lockdowns, and curfews.
The ECQ is a closure of all non-essential establishments, schools, universities and transportation.
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With people confined at their homes, the workers or employees who have the particular wage
earners covered by “no work, no pay” policy. The loss of income leaves them with no option but
to do a sideline for their daily needs. (Simbulan, 2020)