Children in the Philippines attend school in a wide assortment of buildings and shelters. There is a serious lack of facilities to house the students and teachers. One of the solutions is the nipa hut. It is made of an East Indian palm and the result is sturdy, cool and well ventilated. In the heat of the Philippines, this type of building is well suited. However, when the monsoon like rain comes or the typhoon winds, the nipa hut looses its suitability. The children just don't come to school. You can also tell by the photographs that the desks are made of wood. What you may not be able to discern is that the surface is so gouged and uneven that students cannot write on it without putting a table of notebook underneath. The notebooks and bollpens (not a spelling error) are not provided by the school or school district but rather by the parents or by a charitable organization such as UNICEP. The comfort rooms or "crs" are also in short supply. Most of the male population uses any bush or wall that is available and the girls use the facilities on campus or just go home. Innovation, resolve, tenacity, fortitude all of these adjectives describe the educational system here in the Philippines.
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