'Students’ Mental Health: Let It Be Seen' by Group 2
Output Introduction:
Grade 11-Vygotsky’s groups are tasked by their Empowerment Technologies teacher Mrs. Judith Buenaventura to look for problems in their community in the education, health, and economic justice aspects. After that, the groups were told to make a concept paper containing the introduction, purpose, description, support, contact information, and sources of their plan. And lastly, they are told to use their ICT skills to create a video presentation, teaser, infographics, or blog in order to emphasize their point and encourage people to support their cause.
Below is Group 2's campaign chosen to be included in this particular section of this website titled: Students’ Mental Health: Let It Be Seen.
Group Leader:
Neil Carlos Chiuco
Group Members:
Baguinon, Alexandra Lou
Sibugan, Lourdy
INTRODUCTION:
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” This world renowned quote by Nelson Mandela states that one must educate in order to make a better version of themselves and the world. But how can we further educate ourselves if our mental health builds a barrier between us and learning?
The coronavirus pandemic has hit our education system and affected Filipino students’ mental health. According to a study conducted by Dove Press, The prevalence rates of mild to severe symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress among students ranged from 46.92% to 82.4%, 26.6% to 96.82%, and 28.5% to 70.1%, respectively. The study considered the respondents’ socio-demographic, behavior and health, and the CoVID-19 pandemic, among others. This means that the prevalence rates of mental disorders are regarded as problematic in this particular group.
With this in mind, it is important that government authorities, especially those in the education department, should acknowledge the decline of the students’ mental health and must change the school curriculum in order to lighten the burden of the students and reduce the factors that may affect their healthy state of mind.
PURPOSE:
The existence of the pandemic has actually affected our society too much. Let's say it helps for the new normal class, but many of our students did not do well. There are students who have difficulty understanding the lessons, either because they do not know what to do first: Is it homework or school activities; or due to financial problems.
There needs to be a higher awareness of the mental health of students in this pandemic. People should also be aware of how they feel. Because some students do not know how to speak or express how they feel. So such students develop depression that leads to suicide. So the most important thing now is to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and promote help-seeking behaviors and emotional well being practices to lower the increasing suicide rate and also encouraging them to tell their problems to the person of whom they trust.
For the higher officials, they must address the people that this is a serious issue. Obviously, the mental health of those in power is not a priority, but the students’ are. They must take the lead to help the people they are supposed to serve. If those in charge continue to be ignorant about mental health or even use the issue for their personal interests, the problem will only get worse.
Our movement aims to get together a group of likeminded high school students aged 12-18 that can participate to try to lower these problematic percentages and send a message to those in the Department of Education that not everyone has the capability to adapt to the new normal, and that giving the students the same amount of work as before makes it harder for them to keep up, resulting in stress and anxiety, and even worse, suicide. This movement also encourages them to come up with a comprehensive plan so no student will be left behind when it comes to their mental health, and that these declines be stopped for the betterment of all.
DESCRIPTION:
Students face major adjustments during this time. According to President Rodrigo Duterte, the traditional face-to-face classes are postponed as it will lead to a sudden surge of Covid-19 cases. Students struggle to take online classes due to issues such as poor internet connection, lack of resources, and independent learning.
These issues that contribute to the poor mental health of students need to be acknowledged and solved. Many students struggle with technical issues such as computer illiteracy and poor time management. Oyoque and Brown said that students “may experience increased fatigue, headaches, lack of motivation, avoidance/procrastination, ineffective time management, feelings of isolation due to limited socialization in-person, minimized awareness and understanding of others created by in-person dialogues.” In the unprecedented age of COVID-19, anxiety onset by the unknown can disrupt online schooling.
Thank you for all your support. We are grateful to have all of you behind us and to know that there are lots of people who are there to help in raising awareness about the mental health of students during a pandemic.
SUPPORT:
You can support us by signing our petition and sending this message to all the people you know so that this will be able to reach the Department of Education and, hopefully, Secretary Leonor Briones.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Neil Carlos Chiuco
Alexandra Lou Baguinon
Lourdy Sibugan
SOURCES:
Mental Disorders of Bangladeshi Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review
The Effects of Online Learning on a Teen’s Mental Health
Save students. Mental health awareness of students during Covid-19 pandemic | Change.org
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