10% proficient in Araling Panlipunan
In terms of the overall situation, an alarming 1.1 million students did not go to school this year and 1,179 private schools have closed in 2020.
Moreover, three out of four public schools do not have internet access amid the demands of the blended or distance learning approach.
In a separate infographic, the number of students who enrolled in the academic year 2020-2021 are:
66 million for basic education
63 million higher education
Only 753,000 for Technical and Vocational Education and Training or TVET for the year 2020
These figures were presented in a webinar titled “State of Education Press Conference” the PBEd hosted on the same day.
PHOTOGALLERY
Scaling Hills and Crossing Forests, Philippine Students Go to Extreme Lengths for Online Classes
In Laguna province, south of Manila, students go to extremes to get internet access as they home school in the face of the coronavirus. Buzz | Reuters | January 18, 2021, 1:57 pm
1/ 7 title= In Laguna province, south of Manila, students go to extremes to get internet access as they home school in the face of the coronavirus. Jhay Ar Calma, 10, a grade 5 student, sits on the roof of his home as he takes part in an online class using a tablet, due to weak internet connection in his area, as schools remain closed during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Sta. Mesa, Manila, Philippines, October 30, 2020. Sometimes we change the SIM card to a different provider so he doesn t have to study on the roof, but there s rarely enough money to spare for that, said Jhay s mother Jonalyn Parulan. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Since the pandemic forced him into remote learning, 10-year-old Jhay Ar Calma has often had to climb on to the corrugated iron roof of his home in a poor neighbourhood of Manila to get an internet signal.
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Since the pandemic forced him into remote learning, 10-year-old Jhay Ar Calma has often had to climb on to the corrugated iron roof of his home in a poor neighbourhood of Manila to get an internet signal.
Up on the roof, he sits on a broken plastic basin and hopes there ll be a signal strong enough for his government-issued device.
30 Oct 2020. Manila, Philippines. Reuters/Eloisa Lopez Parulan helps her Jhay as he prepares to take part in an online class. Sometimes we change the SIM card to a different provider so he doesn t have to study on the roof, but there s rarely enough money to spare for that, Calma s mother Jonalyn Parulan told Reuters.
MANILA (Reuters) - Since the pandemic forced him into remote learning, 10-year-old Jhay Ar Calma has often had to climb on to the corrugated iron roof of his home in a poor neighbourhood of Manila to get an internet signal.