MANILA: Sweltering heat in the Philippines may curb land production, destroy water and power and weigh on firms, but it also takes a burden on students, hampering the Southeast Asian government’s efforts to get up to its neighbours in training.
As a result of the weather trend El Nino, which intensifies the heating enveloping the country in its summer months of March to May, temperatures have reached 50 degrees Fahrenheit in different regions of the Philippines.
According to the Programme for International Student Assessment, an international study of educational methods, the Philippines has among the lowest scores in the world for math, science, and studying, primarily due to years of undersufficient remote learning during the crisis.
” It is extremely popular today. The heat burns my skin, it’s not like the usual ( summer ) heat that is tolerable”, said senior high school student Kirt Mahusay, 23, whose education was halted during COVID- 19.
Hundreds of schools have suspended groups due to the heat, affecting more than 3.6 million individuals, education ministry information shows.
” In May, we’re expecting more school punishments because of the wildfires. We’re seeing an average of more than 52 degrees Fahrenheit, so you could imagine how difficult that would be for learners”, said Xerxes Castro, simple education director for Save the Children Philippines.