On August 22, schools in the Philippines will finally reopen their doors to students after two and a half years—one of the longest pandemic-induced school closures in the world. Know more:
On August 22, schools in the Philippines will finally reopen their doors to students after two and a half years—one of the longest pandemic-induced school closures in the world.
While protracted school closures have bedeviled many countries—particularly poorer ones—the problem is particularly acute in the Philippines, where the shutdown has been one of the longest in the world according tofrom the United Nations Children’s Fund. Even now, full in-person teaching isn’t planned until November.
So while parents are dismayed at their children’s lack of progress, fear of the virus has kept criticism of the government in check. Cristina Martinez, a 31-year-old vegetable seller in the coastal town of Hagonoy and mother of four children, says her 10-year-old “can barely read sentences,” particularly in English, the language used in science and math textbooks. “The situation is hard for us, but I think there’s not much we can do.
A failing education system means the nation’s future labor force could have a much more limited skill set, said Nicholas Mapa, economist at ING Groep in Manila. “This is one of the many scarring effects on the economy.”
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