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00:00 Classes were suspended in some provinces yesterday due to the hot weather.

00:05 To discuss this, we will have the assistant secretary, Francis Bringas of the Department of Education.

00:12 Good morning to you, sir.

00:14 Hi, good morning, Susan. Good morning to all the viewers and listeners of your program.

00:19 Second, this hot weather is a new problem in schools, right?

00:24 What are the adjustments or things we learned to improve and not disturb the students' studies?

00:31 I remember last year, some students were killed in schools, right, Asec?

00:35 Yes, that's right, Susan. Last year, we already had this situation and we addressed it last year.

00:41 And we will continue to implement our policy on this issue,

00:45 that there is an authority, our school heads, school divisions, and quintessens

00:50 to suspend our face-to-face classes if ever they experience hot weather in school.

00:56 We also allow students to not wear uniforms if they have one,

01:02 so that their bodies will be more comfortable and not hot when they are inside our school.

01:08 So, it's up to you on the adjustments you made.

01:11 But school heads, do they have the right to suspend or not?

01:16 If ever, what will be the way to make up for the cancelled classes?

01:22 Yes, definitely, Susan. Since they are the school managers, they have the authority to do that.

01:29 We expect that they will exercise very wide discretion when it comes to suspension of classes,

01:36 including the provision of intervention activities for lost hours inside the classroom.

01:41 Yes, Asek. The hope is fading. The heat will be even stronger in the coming months.

01:47 How is this being prepared by the DepEd?

01:50 Are we already cascading to all schools so that they know what to do if the heat of the time is still increasing?

01:59 Well, yes. Our El Nino said that the hope is until May.

02:04 And definitely, our policy is cascading to them.

02:08 And we will have reiterations so that they will be reminded of all that they will do.

02:14 So, they should know what to do if they will experience a very hot weather.

02:21 Yes, that's right, Susan. And maybe they are feeling it.

02:26 All people inside the school are feeling it.

02:29 So, they should be able to exercise their authority over that.

02:33 Asek, will the transition to June be accelerated?

02:38 Well, we have accelerated it actually because after our consultation,

02:43 our original plan of five years was extended to June.

02:47 It looks like we will be back to June, which is open, for three years.

02:52 We have other things to talk about, Asek.

02:55 Can you comment on the call of some teachers' groups to stop the catch-up Fridays?

03:02 The call to suspend the catch-up Fridays is not our intention.

03:09 Instead, we will be enhancing the implementation of our catch-up Fridays.

03:15 We are still in the third month of implementation and definitely,

03:18 we need to make adjustments and we have feedback coming from our field.

03:23 And those are what we will address so that we can give a better implementation of the catch-up Fridays, Susan.

03:30 Of course, there are concerns from the teachers.

03:33 What can be given and solved immediately, Asek?

03:36 Well, first of all, our provision of options for learners and reading materials in relation to catch-up Fridays

03:47 so that there will not be additional cost to our learners or teachers and even parents.

03:54 And of course, the provision of structured activities for the subjects that we will get in the catch-up Fridays.

04:02 Okay. Thank you very much, DepEd.

04:04 Assistant Secretary Francis Bringas, good morning to you.

04:08 Good morning, Susan. Thank you so much.

04:10 Thank you so much.

04:12 [In Tagalog]

04:24 [Music]

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