LIVED EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LIMITED FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES

The Education sector has taken a huge toll during the onslaught of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Herewith, this study aimed to determine the lived experiences and challengesencountered by Senior High School learners of Manaybanay National High School during the implementation of the limited face-to-face classes. Eighteen (18) learners were selected as participants of the study using a purposive sampling technique. The study employed descriptive phenomenological design in qualitative research.Participants responses were extracted through an in-depth interview to explore their lived experiences and challenges encounteredduring the schools implementation of limited face-to-face classes. Thematic analysis of the data gathered revealed that learners during the limited face-to-face classes felt a sense of satisfaction they felt happy that someone is explaining them the difficult lessons they view the limited face-to-face classes as good for their social and mental healthon the other hand, learners were continually challenged as they find it hard to concentrate during class discussion with the existing health and safety protocols that need to be strictly observed inside the classroom and school campus such as wearing of facemask and social distancing lastly, learners in the limited face-to-face classes are greatly challenged in expressing their ideas effectively due to excessive reliance on ready-made answers from the internet during modular learning.In general, findings of this paper revealed that learners perceive the limited face-to-face classes a progressively helpful step towards the recovery of the educational system after the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic