Friday, July 4, 2014

ONE DEPED - LIS Encoding Organized

To address the voluminous problems encountered by the teachers who are enrolling their pupils to the online facility of the DepEd, the so-called Learner Information System (LIS), DepEd assistant secretary Reynaldo Laguda, after meeting with the LIS technical team issued a memorandum directing every teacher, school head, ICT coordinator on the schedule of encoding.

Asst, Sec. Laguda
Teachers not only teaching in the morning but they are also doing a nocturnal job like enrolling their pupils to the site provided by the DepEd. Since this online enrollment system is new, everybody seems to be excited and most don't have any experienced at all on how to encode their pupils' data.

The system is unstable sometimes, falters due to heavy traffic of users, due to preventive maintenance, upgrading of the system, among others. It is intermittently disconnected. The teachers have to wait for several hours and even a day, and until they become impatient. The helpdesk which is created to handle LIS  related problems tends to pile up with unsavory comments, insults and curses out of the blue from the inhumane, inconsiderate teachers who didn't know the job of the members of LIS team. It is good they're not moved a bit, though they're, of course, hurt.

This situation is not remote to assistant secretary Laguda. He tactfully has responded and this is what happened. Earlier, however, he posted a message to the LIS facebook account, which reads:

"To our dear teachers, school heads and other DepEd personnel:

"We thank you for your continued commitment to persevere and get the job done despite all the challenges and concerns you are facing with regard to the Learner Information System.

"More than you know, we understand the concerns that you raise and what you are going through. Our LIS team is doing its best supported by other offices of DepEd (Central Office, Regional Offices and Division Offices).

"I urge you to refrain from making personal attacks or accusations out of frustration. Nobody from the team is making any profit or extra compensation from the LIS. Nothing can be gained by pulling down one another. We are ONE DepEd.

"Introducing a new system will always present challenges and we are doing our best to minimize those for your benefit. We are further challenged by the size of this system rollout that is unprecedented and never been done before.

"What we are all doing is making history. And as it is being written today, I ask that we all stand together to make sure that we all succeed.

"In the end, this system is meant to improve the way we respond to our primary client, our learners.

:Again, thank you for all that you have put into this system and all that you do for our learners. This Facebook Group will continue to serve as a venue to clarify and draw solutions for various relevant concerns. We will strive to do better and be better..."

Schedule of Encoding in LIS


Everyone is expressing big hope that their apprehensions for not beating the deadline would be assuaged. It will for sure if they follow the schedule in toto. I know teachers are ONE as what the assistant secretary so expressively is hoping for.


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