The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday said they plan to end the coming school year (2024-2025) by March 31, 2025 and resume the following school year (2025-2026) by June the same year to return to the old academic calendar.
Education Assistant Secretary Francis Cesar Bringas in a televised briefing said next school year (2024-2025) will begin by July 29 and will likely conclude by the end of March 2025.
This will still allot students two months of vacation time before the start of the following school year in June 2025.
However, next school year (2024-2025) would only be 165 days instead of the 180 to 220 school days under the law.
“So if we assess, because of the shortening of the school year, our contact days with students will be shortened. Then we will have to cope with the possible non-covering of some competencies,” Bringas said in a mix of English and Filipino.
The education official nonetheless reassured stakeholders that DepEd will implement several interventions to cover all the necessary competencies despite the circumstances.
“This is exactly the same reason why our Bureau of Learning Delivery is making a concrete plan on the implementation of the curriculum for a shortened number of school days,” Bringas said.