Why should the Department of Education extend the school hour? (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.--8

A longer day at school does not mean that the students have learned any better, nor any more.

What defines quality education is not quantity. In fact, the best moment of the day to actually acquire information is the morning hours. Most students are already tired, their medication gone, or just not motivated enough in the afternoon.

What they need to do is shorten the day to 5 full hours of learning, and then take 3 hours of diverse enrichment and re-teaching if needed, plus good activities for incidental learning.