Manila, May 6 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday said he is hoping to have the old school calendar back by "next year."

In an ambush interview in Pasay City, Marcos was asked about the Department of Education's (DepEd) proposal to revert back to the June-March school calendar.

The President, citing the cancellation of classes due to extreme heat brought by El Nino, said the shift to the old school calendar was really needed.

"Of course, hiningi ko 'yan sa DepEd (I asked DepEd for that) and I asked (Vice President and Education Secretary) Inday Sara (Duterte) to give me already a concerted plan because mukha naman hindi na tayo kailangan maghintay pa at mukha namang kailangan na (it looks like we don't have to wait anymore a...