CARE FOR NON-READER (CNR) AMIDST COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Educational Management

Generally, this study determined the care for non-reader (CNR) amidst covid-19 pandemic. Specifically, sought to answer the following: the interventions and strategies made by the teachers in extending Care for Non-Reader learners during this pandemic; the challenges encountered by the teachers in reaching out the non-reader learners to be a reader; the issues and concerns of parents that the CNR teachers encountered in the New Normal setting; the coping mechanisms to issues and concerns of parents encountered by the teachers. Qualitative-phenomenology employed, 7 teachers and 4 schools served as participants, the gathering of the data was done through the utilization of an open-ended questions. Based from the result, it was found out in the study that despite of the pandemic, reading coordinator teachers under the Care for Non-Reader program should be implemented employing different strategies to hasten the challenges brought by the COVID-19 virus. It is also implied that reading programs like CNR will beget fruitful results; hence, continuing and sustaining the program implementation is really a must amidst pandemic. Meanwhile, in the implementation of the program, challenges are also unavoidable especially during this pandemic wherein teachers were prohibited to have contact with their learners to avoid the possible spread of the COVID-19 virus. Teachers noted that they encountered the challenges on the distance of non-readers from school to their home, lacking of learners’ interest in reading, and declining parents’ involvement and support to the implementation and sustainability of CNR program.

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