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Arra Perez

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/20240112-catch-up-friday-pinyahan-elementary-school-MT-6.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Students of Pinahan Elementary School read storybooks inside their classroom on January 12, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/file </div>MANILA -- Avoid too much exposure from the heat of the sun and drink water. These are what students of Fort Bonifacio High School in Taguig often hear from their teachers nowadays, with El Niño in full swing.Principal Alixander Escote said the school is ready to suspend in-person classes and shift to distance learning should there be a need, since they already implemented this during the hot weather last year.&quot;We normally consult our School Governing Council, particularly our administrative staff. But we also do necessary consultation with the Schools Division Superintendent... That&#x27;s case to case basis... Maybe if we decide, it will not be on daily basis but rather weekly depending on situation,&quot; he told ABS-CBN News.&quot;We do some sort of supervisory function even if we shift to online learning modality. And our head teachers and department coordinators still monitor our Google Classroom online synchronous or asynchronous classes,&quot; he added.The Department of Education (DepEd) said Tuesday it is allowing the suspension of in-person classes amid the hot weather due to the prevailing El Niño.&quot;Noong last year meron na tayong situation sa ganito. At nakapag-issue na tayo ng directive last year para sa field offices na maaaring mag-suspend ng face-to-face classes ang ating SDSs (Schools Division Superintendents), including school heads natin, kung sobrang init na talaga ang nararamdaman sa kanilang mga school,&quot; DepEd Deputy spokesperson Asec. Francis Bringas in an interview in Teleradyo Serbisyo.&quot;They will be looking at the PAGASA report on the heat index... Meron naman tayong monitoring ng PAGASA ng kanilang heat index at sinasa-publiko naman nila iyan at dyan nagbabase iyong ating school heads at superintendents kung kinakailangan ba talagang mag-suspend,&quot; Bringas added.<div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/12/suspension-of-face-to-face-classes-due-to-extreme-heat-allowed-deped-1111">Suspension of face-to-face classes due to extreme heat allowed: DepEd</a></div>Bringas said schools may use PAGASA&#x27;s heat index chart as basis.The heat index refers to how hot a person feels or perceives based on the combined effects of temperature and moisture.During the past 5 days and two-day forecast of PAGASA, among the highest heat indices recorded include the 42 degrees Celsius felt in Central Bicol State University-Pili, Camarines Sur on March 7, and the 43 degrees Celsius felt in Cotabato City, Maguindanao on March 7 and 8.If the heat index chart will be the basis, these indices will fall under the effect-based classification &quot;danger&quot;.This may lead to heat cramps and heat exhaustion, while heat stroke is &quot;probable&quot; amid continued exposure, PAGASA said.But schools do not need to wait to reach for this level before suspending in-person classes, DepEd said, like what happened in some schools in Negros Occidental, where 16 local governments--including Bacolod City-- announced class suspensions on Monday due to the high heat index.&quot;Hopefully doon sa mga release ng PAGASA ay magkaroon din ng description iyong mga heat indices na nilalabas nila para ma-guide din iyong ating school heads, ang ating mga teachers kung ano ang ine-expect nilang situation or circumstances under that heat index,&quot; Bringas said.&quot;Pag emergency or ibig sabihin niyan walang nilalabas na advisory ang schools division superintendent or ang local government unit, pwede rin ang ating school heads,&quot; he added.<div> &#x27;LEARNING WON&#x27;T STOP&#x27;</div>DepEd assured learning of students will not stop amid the possibility of in-person class suspension because distance learning is available.The agency said lengthened period can also be enforced, where a particular subject is taught longer than usual, depending on the need and availability of time.&quot;Medyo institutionalized na kasi sa atin iyong Alternative Delivery Mode, iyong mga availability ng ating SLMs (self-learning modules) ay nakapondo na sa ating mga eskwelahan ngayon... So kapag nag-suspend tayo ng face to face classes, automatic shift tayo sa modular distance learning. Uuwi iyong mga bata, dala dala nila iyong mga SLM nila at doon na gagawin sa bahay,&quot; Bringas explained.&quot;Pero siguraduhin lang syempre ng ating mga parents na nasa bahay na yung mga bata kasi sobrang mainit sa labas . Pero usually di naman tayo tumatagal ng mga linggo na walang face to face [classes] like in Western Visayas ngayon. By March 13, magre-resume na iyong ating mga schools for the face to face classes,&quot; he added.The current school year ends on May 31.

Avoid too much exposure from the heat of the sun and drink water. These are what students of Fort Bonifacio High School in Taguig often hear from their teachers nowadays, with El Niño in full swing.

Avoid too much exposure from the heat of the sun and drink water. These are what students of Fort Bonifacio High School in Taguig often hear from their teachers nowadays, with El Niño in full swing.

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What students, schools can do amid El Niño

Arra Perez,

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Published March 12, 2024 06:42 PM PHT

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