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Education In The Time Of Covid: Bridging Inequalities In Access To Opportunities, Paulynne J. Castillo
Education In The Time Of Covid: Bridging Inequalities In Access To Opportunities, Paulynne J. Castillo
Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)
In an attempt to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus, virtually all schools around the world were closed by the end of the first quarter of 2020. Following a brief hiatus, the majority of the countries opted to utilize variations of distance learning—as opposed to resuming face-to-face classes—to minimize disruptions in the education of the more than 1.5 billion students in 191 countries. In the Philippines, the remote education multi-modal approach took the following forms: the use of modules (Modular Distance Learning), radio/television-based instruction (R/TVI), and online facilities.