Tuesday, 30 March 2021

THE IMPORTANCE OF ONLINE SURVEYS


Today, with this pandemic, many teachers are lagging behind when it comes to adapting the digital revolution. Adding fuel to fire are the problems of inability to improve monitoring and evaluation of quality of education being provided, dropping attendance rates, increasing teacher attrition rates, and a lot more. As a result, more and more educational institutions, including DepEd, are looking at reliable ways to connect with their stakeholders - be it the students, the teachers, the parents, and the community at large - involved and understand how to make the system more efficient. This is where online educational surveys emerge.
 
Bugo National High School has been participating in answering various surveys from different entities. Often, institutions focus on understanding the student's feedback and pay little attention to their second backbone - the teachers. Yes, the student's opinion matters, but so does the teacher's voice. There are multiple issues that the teachers face on a daily basis. So how do surveys help? Basically, it ensures that the teachers stay happy, engaged, and satisfied so that the institution can benefit from a high-quality staff that is as loyal as it is qualified. Also, a lot of time and energy is being spent on the wrong reasons in educational institutions. This may be due to the absence of a feedback mechanism that tracks progress of students, faculty performance, and quality of educational standards being provided. Surveys bring all the participants in an educational ecosystem on the same page and help drive operations smoothly and effectively.
 
Addressing the interests/concerns of students, teachers, and parents can help them feel that their opinion is being valued and their suggestions are being acted upon. This will ensure a long-term relationship between the educational institution and its most valued assets, the people that inhabit it day in, day out. This also helps create a positive word-of-mouth and helps maintain the standard of education to its maximum potential.

 

 Reported: Igieanne Dayham

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