After two years of prohibition on face-to-face classes due to COVID 19 Pandemic, Pioneer National High School of Tungawan District, Division of Zamboanga Sibugay, is finally resuming F2F classes since March 2 this year

. Pioneer NHS is among the selected few secondary schools in the entire Division of Zamboanga Sibugay that has qualified for the limited resumption of F2F classes after having complied with the strict requirements for the implementation.  

         Among the preparations and requirements that the school has complied were ensuring the school physical set-up particularly on the implementation of health protocols, encouraging teachers to get vaccinated, requiring written consent from parents for their child’s F2F classes, information disseminations to stakeholders and community, and involving stakeholders in the planning and preparations.            The implementation of the school’s limited F2F classes highlights a special learning arrangement wherein students availing F2F classes are grouped into four batches and each batch has a corresponding schedule from Monday to Thursday to accommodate the number of learners and at the same time ensuring the implementation of health protocols.Moreover, the school assigns Fridays to be spent for the checking of outputs, for printing and distribution of modules for the modular-learning-students, and for disinfection.           Of the 1,475 enrollees of the school in both Junior and Senior High School Curriculum, 1,043 or 70.71% are attending the limited F2F classes while the remaining 432 students or 29.29% still resort to modular learning.

On the other hand, all fifty-two teachers at Pioneer NHS are fully vaccinated and are excitedly handling F2F classes.         “I have seen the devastation brought by the pandemic and how it affected the learning institutions, the educators, and the learners in the community; and now that limited face to face classes are allowed, I look forward for the integration of face-to-face classes not only in our school but in the whole Tungawan District as well,” said Mr. Jelfin C. Ediang, the School Principal.           “With the resumption of face-to-face classes, students will be engaged more, teachers can provide clear instructions and facilitate learning allowing instant responses to improve their (students’) performance,” Mr. Ediang added.