Weak Internet Faced by 31% of Philippine Home Schoolers: Poll
Children start their online learning from home using mobile phones in Manila in Oct. 2020. .
Photographer: Maria Tan/AFP/Getty Images
This article is for subscribers only.
Close to a third of families in the Philippines whose members take school classes online have poor internet connections, according to a Social Weather Stations survey.
The poll of 1,500 adults conducted nationwide in November found that 31% of families with online distance learners have weak connections. A combined 68% said they have either strong or fair connections, and most of them are on the main Luzon island where the capital region is, pollster SWS said.