A professor from Iloilo City took to social media her students鈥� struggle with taking part in online learning amid a coronavirus pandemic.
Hazel P. Villa, a College of Education professor at West Visayas State University (WVSU) in Iloilo City, shared in a on Monday, Sept. 21, how she found out about the inconvenience that her students have been experiencing on the first day of their remote classes.
鈥淭oday (September 21), I cried during my first online class and I presume my students did, too, going by the emojis in the class group chat on [Facebook Messenger],鈥� Villa stated in a lengthy Facebook post titled 鈥淭ears and Powerbanks on the First Day of Online Class (A Probinsyana Prof鈥檚 Narrative).鈥�
Five powerbanks were given on Tuesday, Sept. 22, to the College of Education of West Visayas State University by donor Atty. Christine Florete (3rd from left). Image: courtesy of Hazel Palmares Villa, Inquirer Visayas/Facebook
At around 2:30 P.M. on Tuesday, five powerbanks have already been donated by Atty. Florete and her friend to the WVSU College of Education. These powerbanks will be distributed to the students by the institution so they do not need to travel anymore to prevent the risk of COVID-19 infection.
According to Villa, good samaritans have also pledged more powerbanks, including scholarship grants for the other students, and even the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas also promised to look into the construction of solar panels in remote areas where the WVSU students converge.
Meanwhile, an executive of a major telecommunications provider in the country will also put up a broadband connection in one of the student鈥檚 houses, which will be shared with the other students in the area.
For those who would want to give financial help to the WVSU students, Villa said further instructions would be given as the state university has to abide by government procedures regarding accepting donations.
鈥淸On] behalf of the WVSU鈥檚 hardworking teachers and smart, determined students conquering mountains literally and figuratively, God bless you all the more and to God be the glory for great things He has done,鈥� Villa said.
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