PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said that the reversion of the original school calendar is needed as in-person classes have always been suspended due to extreme heat.

“Well, of course, hiningi ko ‘yan sa DepEd and asked Inday Sara to give me already a concrete plan because mukha naman hindi na tayo kailangan maghintay pa. At mukha naman kailangan na at I don’t see any objections really from anyone,” Marcos said on the sidelines of the Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) Day in Pasay City on Monday (06 ay 2024).

“Especially, with the El Niño being what it is. Every day you turn on the news, F2F classes are canceled, F2F classes have been postponed, etcetera. So, talagang kailangan na kailangan na. So, yes. That’s part of the plan that we are trying to do to bring back already the old schedule,” he added.

Schools and local government have been suspending classes due to high heat indices.

Marcos emphasized that resorting back to the old calendar days “will be better for the kids.”