{"id":662186,"date":"2025-04-11T11:31:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T08:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/philippines-schools-adapt-to-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T11:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T08:31:41","slug":"philippines-schools-adapt-to-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/philippines-schools-adapt-to-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippines schools adapt to climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2645d240035\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2645d240035\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/philippines-schools-adapt-to-climate-change\/#%E2%80%98Significant_impact\" >&#8216;Significant&#8217; impact<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/philippines-schools-adapt-to-climate-change\/#%E2%80%98Difficult_to_teach\" >&#8216;Difficult to teach&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2025\/students-outside-a-hig.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2025\/students-outside-a-hig.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Students outside a high school in Baseco, Manila, on March 21.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2025\/students-outside-a-hig.jpg\" alt=\"Students outside a high school in Baseco, Manila, on March 21\" title=\"Students outside a high school in Baseco, Manila, on March 21.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Students outside a high school in Baseco, Manila, on March 21.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kindergarten teacher Lolita Akim fires up five standing fans with three more at the ready as she fights to hold the attention of her pint-sized pupils in Manila&#8217;s soaring heat.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, heat waves forced millions of children in the Philippines out of school. It was the first time that soaring temperatures had caused widespread class suspensions, prompting a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of changes.<\/p>\n<p>This school year started two months earlier than usual, so the term ends before peak heat in May. Classes have been rearranged to keep children out of the midday heat, and schools are equipped with fans and water stations.<\/p>\n<p>The moves are examples of how countries are adapting to the higher temperatures caused by climate change, often with limited resources.<\/p>\n<p>As a teacher, Akim is on the frontlines of the battle to keep her young charges safe and engaged.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In this weather, they get drenched in sweat; they become uneasy and stand up often. Getting them to pay attention is more difficult,&#8221; she said of the five-year-olds in her care at the Senator Benigno S. Aquino Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p>Some six million students lost up to two weeks&#8217; worth of classroom learning last year as temperatures hit a record 38.8 degrees Celsius (101.4 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the education department.<\/p>\n<p>Schools reported cases of heat exhaustion, nosebleeds and hospitalizations as students struggled through lessons in classrooms without air conditioning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2025\/teacher-lolita-akim-wi.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2025\/teacher-lolita-akim-wi.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Teacher Lolita Akim with her students during a water break at an elementary school at Baseco in Manila on March 21.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2025\/teacher-lolita-akim-wi.jpg\" alt=\"Teacher Lolita Akim with her students during a water break at an elementary school at Baseco in Manila on March 21\" title=\"Teacher Lolita Akim with her students during a water break at an elementary school at Baseco in Manila on March 21.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Teacher Lolita Akim with her students during a water break at an elementary school at Baseco in Manila on March 21.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scientists say that extreme heat is a clear marker of climate change, caused largely by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s heat was further exacerbated by the seasonal El Ni\u00f1o phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>But even this year, nearly half Manila&#8217;s schools were forced to close for two days in March when the heat index\u2014a measure of temperature and humidity\u2014hit &#8220;danger&#8221; levels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been reporting (the heat index) since 2011, but it&#8217;s only been recently that it&#8217;s become exceptionally warm,&#8221; national weather service specialist Wilmer Agustin told AFP, attributing it to &#8220;El Ni\u00f1o and climate change&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This year, conditions in most of the country will range between &#8220;extreme caution&#8221; and &#8220;danger&#8221; on the government&#8217;s heat alert system, he said, &#8220;especially in April and May&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, scores of schools in Manila were shuttered as temperatures were expected to hit 34C, while the national weather service said the heat index for at least five provinces would hit the danger level.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Significant_impact\"><\/span>&#8216;Significant&#8217; impact<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>During last year&#8217;s closures, alternative learning helped make up some of the gap.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2025\/students-working-on-ac.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2025\/students-working-on-ac.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Students working on activities next to fans at an elementary school at Baseco in Manila on March 21.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2025\/students-working-on-ac.jpg\" alt=\"Students working on activities next to fans at an elementary school at Baseco in Manila on March 21\" title=\"Students working on activities next to fans at an elementary school at Baseco in Manila on March 21.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Students working on activities next to fans at an elementary school at Baseco in Manila on March 21.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But &#8220;the overall impact on students&#8217; education was significant&#8221;, said Jocelyn Andaya, assistant education secretary for operations.<\/p>\n<p>So this year, a series of measures have been instated to avoid further learning loss.<\/p>\n<p>Classroom sessions have been shortened to four hours a day\u2014avoiding the searing midday sun\u2014and water stations were installed in each classroom as well as at least two oscillating wall fans.<\/p>\n<p>Some newer schools have heat-reflective roofs, and bigger ones now employ nurses.<\/p>\n<p>Just 3% of students affected by last year&#8217;s heat waves were able to access online classes, so this year printed material was prepared for students if they must stay home.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, Benigno Aquino school principal Noel Gelua cautioned that &#8220;there is no real alternative to face-to-face learning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But there are limits to what can be done, given the education department has a budget of just 10 billion pesos ($174 million) for climate adaptation, infrastructure and disaster readiness.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines also has a perennial classroom shortage, with 18,000 more needed in the capital alone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2025\/a-student-holding-a-po.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2025\/a-student-holding-a-po.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A student holding a portable electric fan during class at a high school in Baseco, Manila on March 21.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2025\/a-student-holding-a-po.jpg\" alt=\"A student holding a portable electric fan during class at a high school in Baseco, Manila on March 21\" title=\"A student holding a portable electric fan during class at a high school in Baseco, Manila on March 21.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                A student holding a portable electric fan during class at a high school in Baseco, Manila on March 21.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manila&#8217;s public schools do two shifts per day, with about 50 students in each 63 square-meter (678 square-foot) room, exacerbating the heat problem.<\/p>\n<p>Fifth-grader Ella Azumi Araza, 11, can only attend four days a week due to the shortage.<\/p>\n<p>On Fridays, she studies in her family&#8217;s nine-square-meter cinderblock home on a bed she shares with her younger brother, who suffers from epilepsy.<\/p>\n<p>Three electric fans are always on in the windowless, single-room structure.<\/p>\n<p>As hot as it is at home, her mother Cindella Manabat still frets about conditions at school, saying that she comes home coughing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I make her carry a jug of water to prevent dehydration,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ads w-100 my-4 article-main__more bg-light p-3 border\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-3\">\n        Discover the latest in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>, tech, and space with over <strong>100,000 subscribers<\/strong> who rely on Phys.org for daily insights.<br \/>\n        Sign up for our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sciencex.com\/help\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\">free newsletter<\/a> and get updates on breakthroughs,<br \/>\n        innovations, and research that matter\u2014<strong>daily or weekly<\/strong>.\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Difficult_to_teach\"><\/span>&#8216;Difficult to teach&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Across the street from Benigno Aquino, eighth-graders at President Corazon C. Aquino High School aimed tiny, rechargeable fans at their bodies while taking an algebra quiz.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2025\/last-year-heatwaves-fo.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2025\/last-year-heatwaves-fo.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Last year, heat waves forced millions of children in the Philippines out of school.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2025\/last-year-heatwaves-fo.jpg\" alt=\"Last year, heatwaves forced millions of children in the Philippines out of school\" title=\"Last year, heat waves forced millions of children in the Philippines out of school.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Last year, heat waves forced millions of children in the Philippines out of school.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two of the four ceiling fans in the room had given out and the remaining two were clearly not enough for the 40 students.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is very difficult to teach in the heat,&#8221; their teacher Rizzadel Manzano said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Motivating them is really a challenge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A school uniform requirement was ditched earlier this year, and students now wear sweatpants and T-shirts donated by the city, principal Reynora Laurenciano told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Both schools are located in a densely populated slum area called Baseco, where conditions at home can be even more dire, she added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you ask them, they consider (school) a safer place,&#8221; Laurenciano said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \u00a9 2025 AFP\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEarly holiday, more fans: Philippines schools adapt to climate change (2025, April 11)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tretrieved 11 April 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfrom https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2025-04-early-holiday-fans-philippines-schools.html\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t This document is subject to copyright. 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