Philippines ‘learning crisis’ as kids face second year of remote schooling


Petronilo Pacayra signs school documents while his children ages nine and 10 look on at their home in Quezon City, suburban Manila, ahead of another school year of remote lessons in the country due to the pandemic. – AFP pic, September 13, 2021.

CLASSROOMS in the Philippines were silent today as millions of school children hunkered down at home for a second year of remote lessons that experts fear will worsen an educational “crisis”.

While nearly every country in the world has partially or fully reopened schools to in-person classes, the Philippines has kept them closed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the UN says.


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