Teacher duty

MICHAEL VARCAS/PHILSTAR

A teacher wheedles a crying student just past the gate of Corazon Elementary School in Batasan, Quezon City during Monday’s opening of classes for primary and secondary school.

1st day jitters

ALDO BANAYNAL/THE FREEMAN

A student in Cebu City appears anxious on the first day of school year 2018-2019 as she buries her face on her mother’s belly and clings tight to her shirt.

No desk, no problem

@DUMAGUETENOPPO

Without a table and chair readily available for use, a police officer in Dumaguete City stands and holds out a help desk sign as part of the Philippine National Police’s nationwide back-to-school assistance operations.