Philippine schools implement alternative learning measures amid high temperatures, Calumpit, Philippines - 03 Apr 2024
Sixth grade students whose regular in-person classes have been cancelled take the National Achievement Test (NAT) at the F. Mendoza Memorial Elementary School in Calumpit town, Bulacan province, Philippines 03 April 2024. National education authorities and local government units are laying out contingency measures against high-temperature weather forecasts that could affect the health of educators and students. Schools are beginning to either cancel or shorten in-person classes and have revived home-based online and modular learning sessions reminiscent of times four years ago when COVID-19 forced the whole country to rely on alternative education formats.