The Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services in Malawi has issued a heatwave alert, and schools are being asked to act fast to keep students and staff safe.
Learning institutions across the country are being urged to put protective measures in place immediately. The call comes directly from officials responding to the DCCMS warning, signaling that the heat is serious enough to disrupt daily school life if nothing is done.
The details of exactly which measures schools should adopt have not been specified in the available information, but the urgency of the alert makes clear that education authorities are not taking this lightly.
As temperatures climb, the question of how Malawian schools cope with extreme heat without adequate infrastructure becomes one worth watching closely.
Originally published by AllAfrica.