It may be cold comfort for Filipinos to know that we are not alone in sweltering in the heat of the dry season.
A report yesterday said extreme heat is shutting down schools not only in the Philippines but also in several other countries in Asia and North Africa.
The unbearable heat has prompted the Department of Education to propose to President Marcos, among several options, a speedier return to the pre-pandemic academic calendar of June to March, with the school break coinciding with the peak of the Philippine summer. Beyond adjusting the school calendar, the government should work to improve insulation and ventilation in state-run schools.
El Niño has been blamed for the ongoing high temperatures. With global warming, however, this could be the norm for the Philippine summer in the coming years. The earlier the country invests in measures to make classrooms better suited for education, the lower the risk of widening the learning gap.
Five presidential candidates got identical votes in the capital city Manila in Election 2022. That’s another proof of cheating that must be averted in future balloting.
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