Filipino elementary pupils attend school at first day of new school year

Elementary pupils cross a river on a raft to attend the opening of classes for the school year 2013-2014 Monday, June 3, 2013 at a remote village in Rodriguez township, Rizal province, about 50 kilometers (33 miles) east of Manila, Philippines. More than 20 million Filipino students flock to schools all over the country Monday with the Department of Education formally implementing an education program known as K+ 12 which basically adds two years in the secondary level. <AP Photo/Bullit Marquez>

A mother piggybacks her children to cross a river on the way to attend the opening of classes for the school year 2013-2014 Monday June 3, 2013.

Students attend the first day of a new semester at a remote area in Rizal Province, the Philippines, June 3, 2013. <Xinhua/Rouelle Umali>

Elementary pupils attend the opening of classes for the school year 2013-2014 Monday, June 3, 2013. <AP Photo/Bullit Marquez>