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.