Students watch skits on the risks of underage drinking from the educators of Smashed PH program at Jose P. Laurel Senior High School in Project 4, Quezon City on February 26, 2024.MANILA, Philippines — Local chief executives and local education supervisors have the authority to modify school hours due to the prevailing extreme heat, according to the Metro Manila Council .
Even school principals can suspend classes anytime he or she finds the heat inside classrooms is no longer bearable, he noted. Zamora, also the mayor of San Juan city, said that classes will be held from 6 to 11 a.m. and from 2 p.m to 7 p.m. in his city to prevent students from exposure to extreme heat from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Meanwhile, the Civil Service Commission has urged other government agencies based in Metro Manila to follow the MMC in adopting flexible work schedules for employees as a temporary solution to traffic congestion in the metro. The Commission cited its latest Inventory of Government Human Resources, which showed that the National Capital Region has the largest number of government workers in the country, with 440,009, representing 22.30 percent of career and non-career personnel nationwide.
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