MANILA: As parts of the tropical nation endured dangerously high temperatures, thousands of schools in the country suspended in-person classes on Friday ( Apr 5 ), according to the education department.
Official figures showed 5, 288 schools across the coast state switched to remote learning, affecting more than 3.6 million individuals.
The coast nation’s months of March, April, and May are usually the hottest and dryest, but circumstances have been made worse by the El Nino wind trend.
Some schools have no air conditioning, leaving pupils to swelter in badly ventilated, crowded schools.
In cases of extreme heat and other tragedies, the Department of Education has issued an advisory giving class eyes the authority to decide when to move to remote learning.
Some colleges have shorter group times to prevent training when the weather is at its busiest.
According to the state weather meteorologist, the heat index was forecast to reach the “danger” levels of 42 degrees Fahrenheit or 43 degrees Celsius in a number of areas of the nation on Friday.
In Manila, the warmth index was forecast to reach the “extreme precaution” amount of 40 degrees Fahrenheit, when heat cramping and stress are possible.
The government’s temperature catalog measures what a heat feels like, taking into account moisture.
Friday’s real maximum temperatures in Manila was 35.5 degree Celsius.