Teacher duty

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

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

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.


