Challenges and Strategic Direction in Science Instruction: Towards a Proposed Learning Recovery Plan

The study is a descriptive qualitative research design. It involves the collection of data in the form of words and language instead of numbers. The respondents of the study are the selected Science teachers in the secondary schools of the City Schools Division of Balanga. The respondents were selected using a purposive sampling technique, which is a non-probability sampling technique, to gather qualitative data. Purposive sampling technique was used due to the specific characteristics of the respondents needed to qualify as participants in the study. The study aimed to determine the challenges and strategic direction of science instruction towards a proposed learning recovery plan. Based on the study's findings, proper training, webinars, and seminars through face-to-face and online platforms should be provided to science teachers to ensure effective teaching practices. Furthermore, research and innovations must be done, written, and published to develop programs and activities that can be valuable for creating a proposed learning recovery plan for Science Instruction. The study concludes that the different issues and challenges of Science learning and teaching process include effective implementation of different programs and activities for the benefit of Science teachers and learners, and the strategic direction of Science can be done effectively through the proposed learning recovery plan of Science, which is an essential tool for both the teachers and learners of Science.