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A teacher directs uniformed students to line up to enroll for school year 2022–2023 at the Lakandula High School in Tondo, Manila on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO
FILIPINO elementary schoolchildren have scored the lowest in Southeast Asian examinations. The region's former leader in education is now producing laggards. One reason for this is the malnutrition that hounds the children of the poor, along with the lack of access to pre-school education.