MANILA - For two years, Filipino grade school pupil Apple Desilos, 10, had to juggle taking care of her baby brother and studying at home when Covid-19 forced Philippine schools to close.
Her mother, a baker in a restaurant, and her father, an administrative worker, would help tutor her after knocking off.
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