Philippines faces ‘learning crisis’ after year-long school shutdown
By AFP - Mar 15,2021 - Last updated at Mar 15,2021
In this photo taken on March 3, registered teachers wearing face masks and shields conduct teleconferencing sessions to help struggling students as part of a local government-sanctioned online tutorial initiative in Taguig City, suburban Manila (AFP photo)
MANILA — Andrix Serrano studies alone inside a Manila slum shack he shares with his street-sweeper grandmother. Like many in his fourth-grade class, he has no Internet for his shuttered school’s online lessons.
A year after the coronavirus pandemic sent the Philippines into a months-long lockdown, classrooms across the country remain empty and children are still stuck at home.