Students and teachers go about regular classes at the General Roxas Elementary School in Quezon City, on February 21, 2024. With the recent move by the Department of Education, should the Commission on Higher Education also change its academic calendar? The school official said the temperature when the fire drill happened on March 23, 2023 was between 39 to 42°C. It was very hot and humid.
In a tropical country like the Philippines, where classrooms are not built to withstand extreme heat, conditions are not conducive to learning. Classes in the Philippines typically begin on the first Monday of June concluding in March, as mandated by Republic Act 7797. But in 2020, this law was amended to accommodate changes in school opening schedules. Classes should start not later than the last day of August, the new law said. The country made the adjustment due to the impact of the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown in 2020