117,000 Western Visayas learners shift to ADM amid habagat
More than 117,000 learners in Western Visayas shifted to the alternative delivery mode (ADM) on July 9 as local government units suspended face-to-face classes because of the enhanced southwest monsoon, or habagat, intensified by Super Typhoon Inday (Bavi). The Department of Education (DepEd) Region 6 reported that the suspensions affected 117,296
By Mariela Angella Oladive
By Mariela Angella Oladive
More than 117,000 learners in Western Visayas shifted to the alternative delivery mode (ADM) on July 9 as local government units suspended face-to-face classes because of the enhanced southwest monsoon, or habagat, intensified by Super Typhoon Inday (Bavi).
The Department of Education (DepEd) Region 6 reported that the suspensions affected 117,296 learners from 489 schools across 16 municipalities.
The largest number of affected learners came from 15 municipalities in Antique, where 106,660 students from 459 schools shifted to ADM.
In Iloilo, one municipality suspended in-person classes, affecting 10,636 learners from 30 schools.
Under ADM, students continue learning through modular, online, or other teacher-directed activities while regular classroom instruction is temporarily suspended.
The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) 6 raised a Blue Alert across the region on July 8 to heighten the readiness of disaster response agencies as Inday enhanced the southwest monsoon and threatened prolonged heavy rains over parts of the region.
The cyclone weakened into a typhoon early July 9 as it continued moving west-northwestward over the Philippine Sea.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), in its Weather Advisory No. 13 issued at 5 p.m. Thursday, warned that Typhoon Inday continued to enhance the southwest monsoon.
PAGASA forecast 50 to 100 millimeters of rainfall through July 10 over Antique and Guimaras.
From July 10 to 11, Aklan, Capiz, Iloilo, and Guimaras were expected to receive 50 to 100 millimeters of rain, while Antique could receive 100 to 200 millimeters.
PAGASA cautioned that rainfall could be higher in mountainous and elevated areas and warned that the effects of the weather disturbance could be aggravated by the previous days’ rainfall.
The state weather bureau urged local disaster risk reduction and management councils to continue taking measures to protect lives and property as the enhanced southwest monsoon continued to affect parts of the country.
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