DepEd plans makeup classes for Luzon students due to school suspensions

The Department of Education (DepEd) plans to hold makeup classes after in-person learning was suspended across parts of Luzon last week due to heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon and three tropical cyclones.

Education Secretary Sonny Angara confirmed Tuesday, July 29, that DepEd will implement additional class hours to prevent learning loss among students following the longest stretch of class suspensions this school year.

Schools have the flexibility to decide whether they can add extra hours on weekdays or hold classes on Saturdays to make up for missed days, considering teachers' schedules and workloads.

As schools across most parts of the country have reopened, some areas in the Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, and the Cordillera Administrative Region remain suspended due to lingering effects of the southwest monsoon.

The suspension affected over 20,000 public schools nationwide as rains from the enhanced southwest monsoon and tropical cyclones led to massive flooding across Metro Manila and nearby provinces.

At least 34 people have died and six million individuals were affected by these weather disturbances.