Department of Education issued Memorandum No. 392 which orders teachers not to give homeworks on Fridays for the students to have quality time with their families on weekends.

Students should not have homework on the weekends because it interferes with other obligations such as the time you can spend relaxing with family, resting, and studying the knowledge previously learned that week. ... Many students are involved in extracurricular activities, sports or even work hours on school nights.

Overall, weekend homework elimination is pretty effective, as it provides students with more time to reset their sleep cycles, or partake in activities that enable them to sleep longer and more effectively. It is a widely supported alternative, and serves to benefit more than one problem that plagues the student body.