THE DEPARTMENT of Education will ramp up the use of TV and radio-based materials to further support the implementation of blended learning for School Year 2021-2022.

“Hindi natin maikakaila na hindi mawawala ang mahalagang papel na ginagampanan ng TV at radio sa bansa sa paghatid ng edukasyon sapagkat hindi lahat ay may access sa internet. Kailangan ay accessible sa lahat ng mga mag-aaral ang mga learning opportunities,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones told senators during a Senate hearing on Wednesday.

While Self-Learning Modules are available in schools and field offices, these are also converted into DepEd TV episodes and radio-based lessons for flexibility of the modality.

DepEd Undersecretary Nepomuceno Malaluan shared that the department intends to effectively integrate TV- and radio-based materials in the instructional plans for the upcoming school year.

“This school year will be different as the commitment that we have in the contextualization and adjustments by our regions is on how to effectively integrate these in the instructional programming of the teachers,” Malaluan said.

“These radio and TV episodes are now digitally available and we have a database that is indexed by Grade Level, Quarter, Episode Title, Most Essential Learning Competencies Mapping, and CG Code,” he added.

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian earlier praised DepEd for producing high-quality educational materials such as DepEd TV and DepEd radio and hopes to see the increased use of the platforms.

“I’ve seen the TV programming, and it’s very nice. It’s high quality. It’s not low production, and the teachers there perform quite superbly in delivering. In fact, they have managed to demonstrate not only their teaching capabilities but their acting capabilities. I like it. It’s produced quite well,” Gatchalian said.

Completed episodes of DepEd TV have been aired by TV stations such as IBC 13, GMA7, Cignal, GSat, Grace TV, Solar, Planet Cable, Pacific Kabelnet, Mabuhay Pilipinas TV, and PCTA members, and simultaneously played in radio counterparts.