Module Pantry Inside a School
By GLEN BANAYBANAY PACOT
COVID-19 Pandemic affected the educational system in our country by shifting from face-to-face classes into distance learning modality. Students were confined at home learning the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCS) of the different learning areas by themselves or with the help of other family members. This was also done to ensure safety of the students while we were in the height of global health crisis.
Taligaman National High School (TNHS) implemented the Pure Modular Distance Learning Modality which was most preferred by the learners based from the survey conducted. Parents or guardians went to school to get the modules on behalf of the students.
When Butuan City was under the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine status, teachers were not required to report to school and only the principal together with the non-teaching personnel comprised the skeleton work force. This gave birth to the existence of Module Pantry.Mr. Glen Banaybanay Pacot, Academic Head of the School conceptualized the Module Pantry as an answer to the pressing condition of the City. Education must continue! Thereby, distribution and retrieval of modules must also continue.
The TNHS Multipurpose Hall was used as the point source of all modules from Grades 7 to Grade 12. The area was divided into six (6) partitions providing separate places for each grade level to guarantee a systematic way of module distribution and retrieval. Boxes, checklists, Eco bags of modules, tables, chairs, audio/written instructions, and Project COUNTER set-up were prepared to make the pantry ready to serve its clienteles. On September 13, 2021, the Module Pantry was open to public. In spite of the limited working force in school, the pantry was able to provide quality services in terms of module distribution and retrieval.With the support of the Public Schools District Supervisor, School Principal, Monitoring Heads, Grade Level Chairpersons, Class Advisers, Subject Teachers, and Staff, the Module Pantry served its purpose until everything was back to normal. ###
