More than 7,000 schools in different parts of the country have suspended in-person classes and shifted to alternative delivery modes due to the threat of extreme hot weather on Friday.
According to the Department of Education , a total of 7,080 of the 47,678 schools in the country announced suspensions of face-to-face classes.Most of the affected schools are in Central Luzon with 1,903, followed by Central Visayas with 870 and Western Visayas with 862.In the National Capital Region, 311 schools suspended face-to-face classes.
For Friday, state weather bureau PAGASA earlier forecasted that six areas in the country would experience a "danger" level heat index.
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