House Deputy Minority Leader France Castro of ACT Teachers party-list, House Assistant Minority Leader Arlene Brosas of Gabriela party-list, and Kabataan party-list Representative Raoul Manuel made the proposal under House Bill 8550 which also limits the number of school days to 180 to 220 days.
Castro, however, said class cancellations due to heavy rains and flooding can be dealt with accordingly compared with too much heat during the summer months of April and May which leaves students, and even teachers, sick, resulting in disrupted learning which was already disrupted for at least two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
ACT Philippines President Vladimir Quetua and ACT NCR Union President Ruby Bernardo backed Castro, saying that holding classes in intense heat resulted in an unhealthy learning environment and took away due vacation days for both students and teachers. “As a result, the vacation days due us teachers, which is 60 days plus 14-day Christmas break, are being chipped away. For one, the classes will end on July 7, but there will still be ceremonial rites, including graduation rites, and even a learning camp [for remedial classes],” he added.
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