Millions of Filipino students back in the classroom, but the education system is still plagued with problems, with some schools to teach in shifts.
abc.net.au/news/philippines-schools-reopen-after-two-years/101359294Millions of students have returned to school in the Philippines after one of the world's longest school closures.It was one of the longest school COVID closures in the worldOfficials have grappled with classroom shortages, lingering COVID-19 fears, an approaching storm and quake-damaged school buildings in the country's north, to welcome back nearly 28 million students who enrolled for the school year.
For some students it was their first day learning face-to-face after two years of remote schooling due to the COVID pandemic. The rest will resort to a mix of in-person and online classes until November 2, when all public and private schools are required to bring all students back to classrooms, education officials said.But about 1,000 schools will be unable to move entirely to face-to-face teaching, some of them still damaged by a powerful earthquake in the country's north last month.
The Philippines was among the worst-hit by the pandemic in South-East Asia and had one of the world's longest coronavirus lockdowns and school closures.