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Francis Orcio

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/178545925097220250721-qc-class-suspension-MD1931.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Students coming from schools along IBP Road in Quezon City traverse the streets amid the monsoon rains on July 21, 2025. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — When a typhoon, earthquake, extreme heat, or another emergency disrupts classes, the Department of Education (DepEd) will now have a system for determining how learning should continue, or when it should stop.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/27/decades-old-plight-newer-challenges-loom-as-philippines-enters-new-school-year-1006">Decades-old plight, newer challenges loom as Philippines enters new school year</a></div><p>Under DepEd Order No. 014, s. 2026, or the &quot;Guidelines on Learning Continuity in Emergencies&quot;, schools will use four learning continuity levels—Hayo, Hinay, Hinga and Hinto—based on the safety, well-being, and readiness of learners and teachers.</p><p>The framework does not replace existing rules on class suspensions. Instead, it works alongside them to guide schools on the appropriate learning response after an emergency or class suspension occurs.</p><p>“This [DepEd Order] focuses on learning continuity through the delivery of quality teaching and learning in times of emergencies, crises, and other disruptions to prevent learning loss. Learning continuity is anchored on the belief that well-being is critical to an individual&#x27;s capacity to teach and learn,&quot; the order states.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>HAYO: CONTINUE REGULAR LEARNING</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>&quot;Hayo&quot; applies when learners and teachers are safe, emotionally regulated and ready for sustained learning.</p><p>Schools continue regular in-person instruction, with teachers delivering the curriculum at the regular pace and using appropriate learning experiences.</p><p>DepEd says the framework should not automatically be used to lower academic expectations when learners remain safe and ready to engage in the regular curriculum.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>HINAY: EASE INTO LEARNING</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>&quot;Hinay&quot; applies when there are minor to moderate disruptions and learners experience mild stress or uncertainty.</p><p>Learning continues, but at a slower and more deliberate pace through appropriate flexible learning experiences, which may include synchronous online classes, digital modules, printed modules, broadcast materials and learning packets.</p><p>Schools may reduce the number of subjects and remediation sessions, shorten learning activities and limit formative assessments to essential core competencies.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/5/marcos-wants-angara-to-focus-on-improving-k-12-program-1409">Marcos wants Angara to focus on improving K-12 program</a></div><p>Hinay may continue for a maximum of three consecutive class days. If the disruption persists, schools must reassess learning goals and gradually narrow them to essential competencies while strengthening communication with families.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>HINGA: PRIORITIZE WELL-BEING</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>&quot;Hinga&quot; applies when an emergency causes heightened stress, displacement or significant disruption.</p><p>Academic demands are heavily reduced, with priority given to learners&#x27; safety, well-being and continued connection with the school.</p><p>Teachers use check-in guides to monitor learners&#x27; safety and well-being.</p><p>Learning resources are simplified and trauma-informed, while formative assessments become optional and low-stakes.</p><p>It may continue for a maximum of four consecutive class days. If the emergency persists, the school should shift to a Flexible Learning Program (FLP).</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>HINTO: STOP ACADEMIC LEARNING</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>&quot;Hinto&quot; applies when conditions are extremely unsafe, infrastructure is severely disrupted, or learners&#x27; protection and basic needs are at risk.</p><p>At this level, academic learning stops completely.</p><p>Schools instead prioritize emergency response, protection, relief, basic needs and mental health and psychosocial support, while coordinating with local government units and Schools Division Offices.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/28/delay-school-opening-by-1-week-in-storm-hit-areas-group-1001">Delay school opening by 1 week in typhoon-hit areas — teachers&#x27; group</a></div><p>Hinto may continue for a maximum of five consecutive class days. Once minimum safety and stability have been restored, schools should consider shifting to an FLP if the emergency continues.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>WHO DETERMINES THE LEARNING LEVEL?</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>A class suspension does not automatically mean that a particular learning continuity level will apply.</p><p>Under the order, once a suspension is declared, the school head exercises professional judgment in determining the appropriate learning continuity level based on actual conditions.</p><p>Parents and legal guardians also retain the responsibility to decide whether their children can safely attend classes based on their physical and mental health during disasters or calamities, even if no formal suspension has been declared.</p><p>If several hazards occur at the same time, school heads should consider applying the interventions corresponding to the higher learning continuity level.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>WHAT HAPPENS DURING TYPHOONS AND OTHER HAZARDS?</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>The new framework works with existing DepEd rules on class and work suspensions and provides responses for tropical cyclones, heavy rainfall and flooding, earthquakes and landslides, power outages, extreme heat, poor air quality or volcanic fog, human-induced incidents, and other emergencies.</p><p>For tropical cyclones, Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 automatically suspends Kindergarten classes, while TCWS No. 2 automatically suspends in-person classes from Kindergarten to Junior High School.</p><p>At TCWS No. 3 and No. 4, work, ALS, and in-person classes at all levels are automatically suspended.</p><p>For extreme heat, the annex classifies 27°C to 32°C as “Caution,” 33°C to 41°C as “Extreme Caution” and 42°C to 52°C as “Extreme Danger.” These classifications do not automatically suspend classes; the local chief executive may still declare a suspension based on the situation.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>SCHOOLS MUST PREPARE BEFORE EMERGENCIES</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Each school must prepare a Learning and Service Continuity Plan (LSCP) annually before the opening of the school year and update it every term.</p><p>The plan identifies safety measures, learning interventions, available resources and the learning experiences that may be used at different emergency levels.</p><p>Schools must also conduct capability mapping to determine whether teachers and learners have access to devices, connectivity and other resources needed for various learning modalities.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>SCHOOLS HAVE 12 HOURS TO REPORT DISRUPTIONS</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>School heads must report their school&#x27;s learning continuity status through DepEd&#x27;s EiE: Learning Continuity dashboard mobile application within the first 12 hours of a disruption.</p><p>Reports must then be submitted every 24 hours until the school returns to Hayo.</p><p>If electricity, cellular service or other infrastructure is unavailable, alternative reporting systems may be used. If a school cannot report, the Schools Division Office must monitor and report on its behalf.</p><p>If a school shifts to Hinay, Hinga or Hinto while learners are still on campus and learning resources have not yet been distributed, it must provide one week&#x27;s worth of printed learning materials and emergency learning kits before sending learners home.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>WHAT HAPPENS TO EXAMS AND WORK IMMERSION?</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Periodical examinations may only be administered during in-person Hayo classes. If an exam is disrupted by a suspension, it must be rescheduled, and learners must be given sufficient time to readjust to in-person classes before taking it.</p><p>For Senior High School students, work immersion is not permitted during Hinay, Hinga or Hinto.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>WILL THERE BE MAKEUP CLASSES?</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Not every suspension automatically requires makeup classes.</p><p>Makeup classes are required when the number of actual class days, after accounting for suspensions and holidays, falls below 90 percent of the mandatory contact days in the school calendar.</p><p>The number of makeup days corresponds to the number of class days missed, while school heads determine when these will be conducted.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RETURNING TO REGULAR CLASSES</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Returning to Hayo should also be gradual.</p><p>Schools should resume regular in-person instruction only when learners and teachers are ready, resources are available and, where facilities have been damaged, authorized inspectors have declared them safe.</p><p>After prolonged disruptions, schools must provide remediation and foundational-skill recovery.</p><p>“The return to regular pacing shall be gradual, ensuring that academic acceleration does not compromise foundational understanding or learner well-being,” the order reads.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1nYyUjJyiW4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HePseyveAoo?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v7TYmniTRcY?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

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Hayo or Hinto? How DepEd will decide what happens to classes during emergencies

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Published July 31, 2026 09:06 AM PHT

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