Retrofit schools and consider moving exams to beat extreme heat, says teaching union leader
The leader of the National Education Union, Daniel Kebede, is calling for schools to be retrofitted and for academic calendars to be adjusted to cope with extreme heatwaves. He suggests moving exams and changing school hours to ensure student safety and educational continuity in a warming climate.
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Climate change is forcing a re-evaluation of public infrastructure and institutional schedules to protect public health and productivity.
Pupils line up with their water bottles at a school in Essex during the heatwave in June. Pupils line up with their water bottles at a school in Essex during the heatwave in June. Schools Retrofit schools and consider moving exams to beat extreme heat, says teaching union leader NEU’s Daniel Kebede says earlier start times and longer summer breaks may be needed to help pupils and teachers
Prefer the Guardian on Google Schools should consider changing start and finish times, reordering holidays and moving exams from the summer months in an effort to adapt to the UK’s increasingly severe heatwaves, according to the leader of the country’s biggest education union.
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