The Vice President and Education Secretary, Sara Duterte, reminded teachers to focus on teaching academics and no extracurricular activities yet to keep up with the learning losses brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The students are still adjusting to the new learning system— Does prohibiting it help? or simply impede?
In July, under DepEd Order No. 34, series of 2022, the Department of Education (DepEd) agency said school days in the current academic year must “solely be dedicated to academic and related cocurricular activities” and that “extracurricular activities are strictly prohibited.”
Extracurricular activities help students discover their talents and develop hobbies and skills that might be useful much later in life or for their future careers.
According to a study from California State University, Sacramento, Extracurricular activity (ECA) are positively connected with attendance, General Point Average (GPA), test scores, and educational aspirations.
Your participation in high school ECAs may provide you an advantage when you apply to colleges. Along with highlighting your distinctive qualities outside of your academic record and exam results, these activities can also reveal your capacity for leadership and your desire to give back to your community.
I personally disagree with banning ECA, especially at this time where they can address relevant issues like classroom shortages, overpriced laptops, and teachers' low salaries.
It is a part of the students' character formation. They learn important social skills, discipline, self-confidence, respect, courage, joy, and human values from them
After being shut down for two years, the schools are now slowly resuming face-to-face instruction. Many pupils have changed as a result of the global pandemic, and because of this, some students have unstable mental health and tend to isolate themselves.
The students need socialization after 2 years of lockdown. Students are still adjusting to the new normal and the load of academic work can cause burnout if we just focus on studying and not ourselves. Students' ECA's are important to prevent academic burnout.
Having good academic standing is a thing to be proud of, but when you are exposed to ECA, these activities will hone your youth to have the necessary social, organizational, and leadership skills that prepare us for higher levels of thinking and discipline.
Students that struggle academically have the freedom to express themselves through ECAs, they also improve their emotional intelligence through these activities. Exposure to reality inspires people to imagine a better future.
The ECA helps learners enhance their soft skills. Later in their professional careers, soft talents prove to be more useful and valuable than academic achievements.
There is no such thing as "schooling" outside of the four walls of the classroom. But a student's "education" is nurtured and grown within the society they reside in. Therefore, only a comprehensive approach to education can produce a well-rounded individual who is capable of both creative and critical thought.
REFERENCES:
https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1565165633473769475?t=o0Zafv3Rlc8KFLbwsxj7Uw&s=19
https://sdovalenzuelacity.deped.gov.ph/conduct-of-in-person-classes-pursuant-to-the-guidelines-on-the-school-calendar-and-activities-for-school-year-2022-2023-deped-order-no-34-s-2022/
Posted by: Aliyah Margareth C. Imbat
Date: September 5, 2022
Time: 2:17 PM
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