00:00 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says his government is eyeing to bring back the old academic calendar
00:06 as early as 2025 as excessive heat inside classrooms during summer forces school closures.
00:13 Marcos says he was the one who asked Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte
00:17 to come up with a concrete plan on the transition.
00:20 Last week, DepEd revealed it sent a letter to Marcos suggesting a more aggressive alternative,
00:25 ending school year 2024 to 2025 in March 2025.
00:30 The proposal would shorten the upcoming school year to 165 in-person school days, lower than
00:35 what the law requires, which is 200 to 220 days.
00:39 As of late April, 7,188 out of 47,678 schools, most of which provide classrooms that are
00:47 not climate resilient, have instead shifted to remote learning due to sweltering heat.
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