A measure has been filed at the House of Representatives seeking to revert to the traditional June-March school year calendar as stakeholders struggle to hold classes during the scorching summer season.
In House Bill 8550, ACT Teachers Partylist representative France Castro, Gabriela Partylist representative Arlene Brosas, and Kabataan Partylist representative Raoul Manuel said the current school calendar is ill-suited to the country’s climate.
This has pushed back the break between school years from the typical March-June to June-August or July-September.
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