DEPED: SY 2024-2025 TO START ON JULY 29 AND END ON MARCH 21, 2025

Shortened academic school year for 2024 to 2025 (Photo courtesy of Jam Sta Rosa/Philippine Star)

The target of the Department of Education (DepEd) is to end the coming school year 2024-2025 by March 31, 2025. This is to pave the way for the opening of a new academic year in June 2025 or return to the old school calendar that starts in June and ends in March.

That will shorten the academic calendar to 165 school days from the 180 to 220 days set by law. The changes in the school calendar stemmed from the complaints of students and teachers who were having difficulty in face-to-face classes due to the extreme heat.

DepEd has ensured that students can complete their lessons even though the school days are shortened. "Now, if the number of school days is reduced it has to be covered. We need to provide innovative and meaningful approaches so that our coverage of competencies is still quality despite the reduced number of school days," DepEd Assec. Francis Bringas.

“The weather is really hot these days. It is a big pain for teachers and students, and it delays their studies. We must prioritize the health of the youth in such a way that education is not sacrificed,” Sen. Bong Go said supporting the revert of old school calendar.

Bringas acknowledged these concerns and stated that in order to make sure that students wouldn’t keep falling behind in their abilities with the shortened SY, the DepEd’s Bureau of Learning Delivery (BLD) is presently developing a “concrete plan.”

“Experts’ opinions are important in that, if we shorten the school days, it has to be covered and aided by innovative and useful approaches so that the coverage of competencies would still have quality despite the reduced number of school days,” he said.

Through Department Order No. 003, Series of 2024, the DepEd formally stated on Tuesday that the academic calendar will revert to its previous schedule beginning with the upcoming school year.

Due to the intense heat this month and previous, thousands of schools have suspended in-person sessions because of the current schedule, leading to classes in April and May.

Source: GMA Integrated News

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