Millions of students in the Philippines have returned to school for in-person classes after more than two years of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Students were seen donning face masks as they lined up to enter their classrooms on Monday. Temperature checks and limits on the number of students per classroom remain in place.
The Education Ministry stated that 27.6 million students enrolled in private and public schools this year, falling short of the government’s target of 28.6 million students, Philippines-based GMA News reported.
Students will be required to attend a combination of in-person classes and remote learning from August to October before switching to the full five-day in-person classes in November, according to the ministry….