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Impact of Heat Index on Student Welfare

The study examines the impact of the rising heat index and a new school calendar on the academic performance and welfare of Senior High School students in Calbayog City. Using a triangulation method, the research found that while most students did not suffer from heat-related illnesses, they struggled to concentrate due to high temperatures. Students coped with the heat primarily by staying hydrated.

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Impact of Heat Index on Student Welfare

The study examines the impact of the rising heat index and a new school calendar on the academic performance and welfare of Senior High School students in Calbayog City. Using a triangulation method, the research found that while most students did not suffer from heat-related illnesses, they struggled to concentrate due to high temperatures. Students coped with the heat primarily by staying hydrated.

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Abstract

The heat index has a significant role in the academic participation and welfare of the

students. However, as the heat index rose, many sectors in the world were affected, and that

includes the education sector. The Department of Education released the new school calendar,

learners in the Philippines experienced attending school during the summer season. With that,

the researcher conducted a study to understand how the rising heat index and its effect to the

new school calendar affect academic performance and welfare of the Senior High School

students of Calbayog City National High School (CCNHS). In conducting this study, the

researchers utilized the triangulation method as the researcher gathered data in qualitative, and

this research used a number-based scale to measure how hard it was for the student to adjust

to the new school calendar, which is a quantitative approach. After gathering data, the results

showed that most of the respondents were from the Science, Technology, Engineering, and

Mathematics (STEM), and were in the grade level 11. The data showed that the Senior High

Students (SHS) expressed their struggle with the new school calendar. With the data gathered,

the results showed that most of the students doesn’t have heat-related illness, but most of the

Senior High School Students (SHS) struggled to concentrate due to high temperature, but they

manage to cope with the problem by drinking water.

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