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<p>MANILA -- Education Secretary Sonny Angara on Monday said greater renewable energy use in the Philippines can help relieve students of the heat in classrooms.</p><p>Angara was responding to a question on what the Department of Education (DepEd) plans to do to address the learning gap, which might be worsened by classes being suspended because of the extreme heat.</p><p>&quot;I think, because of climate change, we&#x27;re in a period of transition,&quot; Angara said. &quot;And I think part of the transition is using renewable energy. I&#x27;ve seen that schools with solar energy, using solar energy, are able to have air conditioning, which really helps, especially the computer rooms, and they have to cancel less.&quot;</p><p>&quot;So I think that&#x27;s a technology change, adoption of new technology that we need to push forward,&quot; he noted.</p><p>Soaring temperatures shut down schools in nearly half of Metro Manila last week as the dry season started in the Philippines.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/3/3/heat-wave-shuts-down-schools-in-nearly-half-of-manila-1251" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Heat wave shuts down schools in nearly half of Manila</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/3/5/no-uniform-heat-index-class-suspension-for-now-metro-manila-council-0049" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">No uniform heat index class suspension for now: Metro Manila Council</a></div><p>Asked if more days will be allotted for hybrid learning because of class suspensions due to the heat, Angara said, &quot;We&#x27;d like to see that, actually, especially in the higher years.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Because it&#x27;s proven to work in certain countries, I think, as long as it&#x27;s done right and the value of the teacher-student interaction is not lost somehow,&quot; he explained.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/01/01/24/worlds-largest-solar-project-breaks-ground-in-ph-says-spnec" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&#x27;World’s largest solar project’ breaks ground in PH, says SPNEC</a></div>

<p>Education Secretary Sonny Angara said greater renewable energy use in the Philippines can help relieve students of the heat in classrooms.</p>

Education Secretary Sonny Angara said greater renewable energy use in the Philippines can help relieve students of the heat in classrooms.

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Angara says greater renewable energy push will help ease heat in classrooms

Benise Balaoing,

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Published March 10, 2025 08:34 PM PHT

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