Over 2.4 million students in more than 4,000 schools nationwide are affected by scorching heat as schools suspend face-to-face classes and shift to alternative delivery modes (ADM), according to the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, April 4.
Based on information gathered by DepEd from its regional and schools division offices, 4,769 schools have shifted to ADMs after their respective Local Government Units (LGUs) suspended face-to-face classes due to hot weather.
Due to the suspension of face-to-face classes due to extreme heat, DepEd data showed that the learning of 2,482,507 students is currently affected.
The schools implementing ADM were in Regions I (Ilocos Region), Region III (Central Luzon), Region IV-A (Calabarzon), Region IV-B (MIMAROPA), Region V (Western Visayas), Region VI (Central Visayas), Region VII (Eastern Visayas), Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula), and Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN), and the National Capital Region (NCR).
DepEd said that in Region II (Cagayan Valley), Region X (Northern Mindanao), Region XI (Davao Region), Region XIII (Caraga), and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), there were no reported suspensions of classes.
According to DepEd’s monitoring, Region VI has the highest number of affected learners with 547,800, followed by Region III with 502,838, and NCR with 391,230.
Region VI has the most number of schools that shifted to ADM with 1,051, followed by Region III with 811 and Region I with 773.
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