MANILA: Thousands of schools in the Philippines suspended in-person classes on Friday (Apr 5), the education department said, as parts of the tropical country endured dangerously high temperatures.
A teacher works inside an empty classroom after in-person classes were suspended due to dangerous levels of heat, at an elementary school in Iloilo City, central Philippines on Apr 2, 2024.
Official figures showed 5,288 schools across the archipelago nation switched to remote learning, affecting more than 3.6 million students. Many schools have no air conditioning, leaving students to swelter in poorly ventilated, crowded classrooms.
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