Teacher in the Philippines holds class outdoors, as school bakes amid heatwave

Students in the Philippines taking their exams in the shadow of a school building, as a heatwave sears much of the country. - JOEL CASUNGCAD/FACEBOOK

MANILA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A teacher in the Philippines decided one very hot day that the only way to beat the heat was to escape it.

So, he rounded up his students, had them carry their chairs, walked them outside his classroom to a spot shaded by the long shadow of a school building, and held his class there.