MANILA, PHILIPPINES (AP) – Millions of students wearing face masks streamed back to primary and secondary schools across the Philippines yesterday for their first in-person classes after two years of coronavirus lockdowns that are feared to have worsened alarming illiteracy rates among children. Officials grappled with daunting problems, including classroom shortages, lingering COVID-19 fears, an […]
Millions of children across the Philippines have attended their first in-person lessons since the pandemic began. Education officials are concerned that illiteracy rates have worsened because of school closures.
Teachers acting as members of the electoral board conduct the final testing and sealing of vote-counting machines (VCMs) at the San Juan Elementary School in San Juan City on May 3, 2022, less than a week before the 2022 national and local elections. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN)
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