This poses a huge challenge in an archipelago nation of 107 million, where many households have no access to the internet or a computer.
MANILA - With schools in the Philippines only due to reopen when a vaccine for COVID-19 has been found, educational authorities are racing to devise a distance learning regime for 27 million children by August, when the summer holidays end.
Duterte last month said resuming face-to-face classes without a vaccine for COVID-19"spells disaster". However, Duterte's education secretary, Leonor Briones, is confident alternative approaches can work until a vaccine is developed. She said the department was laying the groundwork for a different kind of learning using technology including radio, television, online classes and modular learning.
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