About a quarter of Puerto Rico’s children don’t have internet access and 56% don't have a computer, according to the Puerto Rico Youth Institute, making remote learning amid coronavirus a tough challenge.
Del Valle, 54, said the transition to virtual learning “has been very difficult.” They initially had their cellphone service cut off because the family was unable to pay the bill on time after losing a significant part of their income due to the. The family sells homemade and other goods as well as produce they grow.
“He’s scared of going back to school and have the teachers say to him: ‘But what happened, you didn’t do anything?’” said Del Valle. Hernández said all public school students will go on to their next grade regardless of current circumstances; schools will gauge what students were able to learn during the next academic calendar.
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