Asia Today: Remote-learning begins in virus-hit Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Students in the Philippines have started classes at home after the coronavirus pandemic forced remote-learning onto an already struggling educational system. The shift has been a logistical nightmare for the poverty-stricken country that lacks enough classrooms, teachers and educational equipment. A majority of families opted to use digital or printed learning materials that students would read at home before carrying out their instructions. Most who chose that o