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'Learning crisis' as kids face second year of remote schooling in the Philippines
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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In this photo taken on September 8, 2021, a teacher (right) and volunteer sort distance learning materials to be picked up by parents at a school in Quezon City, suburban Manila, ahead of another school year of remote lessons in the country due to the pandemic. Classrooms in the Philippines were silent on September 13, 2021 as millions of school children hunkered down at home for a second year of remote lessons that experts fear will worsen an educational (AFP/Jam Sta Rosa)
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lassrooms in the Philippines were silent Monday 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.
President Rodrigo Duterte has so far rejected proposals for a pilot reopening of primary and secondary schools for fear children could catch Covid-19 and infect elderly relatives.
On Saturday, the Philippines on Saturday reported a record 26,303 daily coronavirus cases, Reuters tally shows.
The health ministry said confirmed cases rose to 2.206 million, while deaths rose by 79 to 34,978.
"I want to go to school," seven-year-old Kylie Larrobis told AFP, complaining she cannot read after a year of online kindergarten in the tiny slum apartment in Manila she shares with six people.
"I don't know what a classroom looks like -- I've never seen one."
