Philippines risk 'permanent scarring' of kids' futures amid remote learning failure

A "cyber graduation" ceremony at a science high school in Taguig City in Manila on July 16, 2021. - AFP

MANILA. July 31 (The Straits Times/ANN): Millions of Filipino students have spent the past year cooped up at home, learning mostly through their computers and phones, or through printed lessons their parents pick up from the school.

Some 9,000 schools in the country have been shut since March last year as the government pushed for remote learning.