The prospect of millions of students dropping out this school year is very real.

The first tangible nationwide evidence that Covid-19 has moved from being a public health and an economic problem to an educational crisis with long-term severe social implication was the release of the school year (SY) 2020-2021 enrollment number by the Department of Education (DepEd) on July 30.

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