MANILA, Philippines — Budgetarysupport for teachers is “not enough” to sustain distance learning across the country, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian admitted Thursday, adding that the Philippines is the “only country” in Asia that has yet to reopen its classrooms since the pandemic.
“It’s not enough, we have 900,000 teachers and not all of our teachers have the luxury of buying internet. We did put some amounts in the Bayanihan 2 as well as in the 2021 budget, however, it’s not enough to sustain it,” Gatchalian, chair of the Senate basic education committee, said in an interview over ABS-CBN News Channel.
“That’s why this distance learning should, if possible, be limited…
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