President Rodrigo Duterte has asked schools to stagger the payment of tuition fees to ease the burden of parents trying to cope with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

CLASS ACT School teacher Rea Aniasco arranges armchairs in a classroom of the Bambang Elementary School in Pasig City on May 29, 2020. The arrangement involves reducing the chairs from more than 40 to 20 as part of physical distancing requirements in preparation for the ‘new normal’ once classes starts on August 24.
PHOTO BY RUY MARTINEZ

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