DepEd reviews condition, multigrade strategy in remote Iligan schools

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / October 9) - Officials of the Department of Education here went on a sortie in the remote hinterland schools of Iligan city on October 7 and 8 to review the teaching strategies used, including the multigrade system, and to validate their situation compared to the reports filed at the city office.

The October 7-8 visit was accompanied by a medical team from DepEd-Iligan to conduct deworming of nearly 100 pupils in Dulag Elementary School. They also had dental check up.

“Multigrade is a difficult classroom strategy because you’d see here varied grade levels sharing the same classroom and teacher at a time,” said Adelina de los Reyes, education supervisor and
member of the Task Force 4774-1 (Iligan). The task force is a multi-stakeholders network that aims to reverse the dismal situation of education in the city.

Delos Reyes said, however, that the multigrade strategy has to be used to help address the problem of accommodating the increasing number of pupils as against only a few teachers. [More @ MindaNews]