President Marcos said the government is now looking for other teaching ways in order for students to continue learning amid the suspension of classes which has now reached four consecutive days due to typhoons.

Marcos made the statement after his visit at the Maly Elementary School and Sta. Ana Barangay Hall, Covered Court in San Mateo, Rizal, which serves as evacuation centers amid the continuous rains brought by Typhoon Crising, Tropical Storm (TS) Dante, Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Emong, and the enhanced southwest monsoon.

"Ngayon ang aming iniisip, paano natin gagawin, dahil marami-- lahat ng pinupuntahan ko ay walang pasok. Papaano kaya ang ating mga kabataan? Lugi sila. Masyado na silang lugi kung mapipilitan silang hindi pumasok (Right now, what we're thinking about is how we’re going to do this, because in many places I’ve been to—there are no classes. What will happen to our youth? They’re at a disadvantage. They’ll be at an even greater disadvantage if they’re forced to miss school)," Marcos said in an interview on Thursday, July 24.

"So we're finding alternative ways, teaching modes para sa ating mga bata, sa ating mga estudyante (for our children, for our students)," he added.

In a situation briefing at the Camp Aguinaldo, following his visits at the Rizal evacuation centers, Marcos directed Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara to ensure that educational materials are being sent to teachers, and assist them in their needs.

"Let's make sure that they get the material. Our teachers, being the heroes that they are, I'm sure they will find clever ways and ingenious ways to continue somehow to have contact with the kids. So, let's ask them, let's ask the teachers what do they need, so that they can somehow conduct some kind of instructions even on the midst of what's happening," Marcos said.

The President said he was concerned over the congested evacuation centers as they are at risk of getting sick, particularly infectious diseases.

In order to prevent this from happening, he ordered the government to dispatch medical teams to each evacuation site.

"The other thing that I was concerned about nung nakita ko sa evacuation center, napaka-congested, yung sakit. Isa lang dyan ang magkasakit, kakalat ng napakabilis 'yan (The other thing that I was concerned about when I saw the evacuation center was how congested it was, and the risk of illness. If even just one person gets sick there, it will spread very quickly)," Marcos said.

"And so we are making sure that every evacuation center, it has a medical team composed of national government doctors and nurses, and also local government nurses and doctors. Ang trabaho lang talaga sa national ay tiyakin na meron silang sapat na supply ng mga gamit at tsaka na gamot (The main responsibility of the national government is really to ensure that they have enough medical supplies and medicine), and that's what we are doing now," Marcos added.

Citing that disasters, particularly typhoons, are no longer an unusual occurrence for the Philippines, Marcos told government agencies to start thinking that this is the reality due to climate change.

"I also explained once again, it's not the first time I've done it, we have to explain that huwag na--palitan na natin ang pag-iisip natin, hindi ito unusual, hindi ito emergency, ito ngayon talaga ang panahon. Mangyayari ito (So that is, so far, what we have to attend to. But I also explained once again—it's not the first time I've done it—we have to change our mindset. Let’s stop thinking that this is unusual or an emergency. This is now the reality of the times. This will happen)," he said.

"Ang sinasabi ng estimate daw sa bagyo para sa taon na ito 10 to 15 na bagyo. So, nakatatlo na tayo. So to be conservative, ibig sabi, isang dosena pa ito na dadating (The estimate for typhoons this year is around 10 to 15. We've already had three. So to be conservative, that means around a dozen more are expected to come)," he added.

He stressed "let’s stop thinking: Maybe a typhoon will come."

"That is the fact of climate change and we are now having to think more. Of course mitigation, kung ano yung mga pwedeng gawin para matulungan nga yung mga naging biktima (what we can do to help the victims)," Marcos said.

In the longer term, the President said, the government must prioritize adaptation.

"What do we have to do when it comes again because it will come again," he said.

"But we have to make those arrangements almost semi-permanent because, this is going to, as I said, this is going to happen. As I told them today, this will happen this year, it will happen next year, it will happen the year after that, et cetera, et cetera," he added.