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Added on the 15/10/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Las Pinas City, Oct 5 (EFE/EPA).- Over 24 students in the Philippines began their virtual classes on Monday for a new school year amid a possibility that more than 3 million children from lower-income families, with no access to gadgets and technology, will be left out of the mainstream education.The new academic year, originally scheduled to start in June, began after it was pushed back twice due to the pandemic that has infected 322,500 people and killed more than 5,700. (Camera: FRANCIS MALASIG).SHOT LIST: ON-LINE CLASSES DURING THE SCHOOL OPENING IN LAS PINAS CITY, SOUTH OF MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES, AMID THE ONGOING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
School officials greet students outside a school on New York's 82nd street as in-person, hybrid learning for preschool and special ed children starts in the city amid the pandemic. IMAGES
Quezon City, Sep 24 (EFE/EPA).- 321 pairs of shoes were being displayed on Friday in Quezon City, Philippines, symbolizing the 321 Filipinos who die every day due to tobacco.The activists call for stronger tobacco-control policies and laws that would raise the minimum age of cigarette access to 21 years old. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).SHOT LIST: 321 PAIRS OF SHOES, SYMBOLIZING THE 321 FILIPINOS WHO DIE EVERY DAY DUE TO TOBACCO, ARE BEING DISPLAYED AT THE BOY SCOUT CIRCLE IN TOMAS MORATO, QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES.
Banda Aceh, Sep 21 (EFE/EPA).- The local government of Indonesia's Aceh continued Tuesday to speed up its COVID-19 vaccination program for students to facilitate face-to-face learning, which is planned to be implemented soon.Indonesia has recorded over 4.1 million COVID-19 cases and over 140,000 deaths since the beginning of pandemic. (Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK). SHOT LIST: THE COVID-19 VACCINATION DRIVE FOR STUDENTS IN BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA.
Panama City, Sep 13 (EFE).- More than 300,000 students joined the blended class regime Monday in Panama, the country that has had its schools closed for the longest time in the world, as part of the progressive and safe return to classes amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS)SHOT LIST: BLENDED LEARNING CLASSROOMS IN A SCHOOL IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.