MANILA, Philippines — Around 42 percent of school-age Filipinos currently enrolled do not use any distance learning device, a survey from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.
SWS said in its report dated Monday that it asked household heads during the face-to-face surveys conducted last November 21 to 25, 2020, whether their school-age relatives — or those aged five to 20 — were enrolled for the current school year.
Schools are also using either online lessons, modular learning, or hybrid learning systems to avoid possible COVID-19 transmissions.
According to SWS, data collected from respondents showed 58 percent of students use devices, which were specified as laptop…
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