Simplifying Grading: How Schools Are Saving Time and Reducing Errors with WELA
The Challenge: Grading Overload in Philippine Schools
Every grading period, teachers across the Philippines spend countless hours computing grades, checking spreadsheets, and preparing report cards. This process is not only time-consuming but also prone to human error often leading to delays in report card release and burnout among educators.
In fact, a recent EDCOM 2 report (2024) revealed that teachers spend an average of 52 hours per week due to heavy administrative work. Much of this time goes to manual grading, encoding, and paperwork tasks that take away from actual teaching and student engagement.
Even lawmakers have taken notice. Senator Loren Legarda urged that DepEd should “focus on its mandate to end functional illiteracy” by reducing administrative loads and allowing teachers to prioritize instruction (edcom2.gov.ph).
This growing national conversation about teacher workload has placed a spotlight on the need for digital transformation, especially in grading and academic reporting.
The WELA Solution: Digital Grading Made Simple
WELA School Systems is at the forefront of this transformation. With its AI-powered Digital Grading System, schools can now simplify the grading process while ensuring 100% accuracy and compliance with DepEd standards.
Here’s how WELA makes grading smarter and faster:
✅ Automated Grade Computation — Instantly calculates averages and transmutation based on DepEd grading guidelines.
✅ AI-Powered Error Checking — Detects inconsistencies, missing grades, or computation mistakes in real time.
✅ Real-Time Data Sync — Student records are automatically updated across all subjects and grade levels.
✅ Instant Report Card Generation — One click and printable report cards are ready.
✅ DepEd-Aligned Templates — Built-in formats that follow K–12 grading systems and official academic standards.
By digitizing these processes, teachers save up to 75% of their grading time while administrators enjoy centralized and accurate data improving both transparency and efficiency.
The National Context: DepEd’s Push for Smart, Efficient Schools
The move toward digital grading systems isn’t just a convenience, it’s a response to a larger call for education reform.
The Department of Education’s 2025 reform agenda emphasizes teacher empowerment, data-driven systems, and the use of technology to improve education delivery. DepEd’s push for teacher education reform highlights the need for tools that reduce workload and make instruction more effective (deped.gov.ph).
In this context, WELA’s grading solution is more than just software, it’s a tool that supports DepEd’s modernization efforts and EDCOM 2’s recommendation to “reduce teacher non-teaching tasks through digital innovation.”
The Impact: Accuracy, Speed, and Teacher Empowerment
Schools using WELA’s Digital Grading System report:
📉 Up to 75% reduction in grading time
🧮 Zero manual computation errors
📄 Instant report card generation
👩🏫 More focus time for lesson planning and teaching
By adopting WELA, schools are joining a growing movement of Philippine institutions embracing technology to streamline operations and empower teachers.
It’s a shift from paperwork to performance and from manual grading to intelligent, automated systems.
What’s Next
In our next feature, we’ll share how one partner school fully transformed its grading process using WELA achieving faster computation, error-free records, and happier teachers.
Stay tuned for “How One of Our Partner Schools Simplified Grading with WELA.”