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MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Education (DepEd) has released the list of regular, special non-working and special holidays for 2015 to enable schools to plan their activities efficiently.
Education Secretary Armin Luistro in a statement mandated the immediate distribution of the list of national holidays “to guide all the DepEd offices and schools, both public and private, in planning their academic calendars.”
“Information crucial to planning should be distributed with urgency; it steers decision-making functions and policies to their most efficient positions. It is a way to ensure that we are proactive in delivering the education agenda,” Luistro said.
Under Presidential Proclamation 831, the lists of holidays are as follows:
Regular holidays:
New Year’s Day – January 1, Thursday
Maundy Thursday – April 2
Good Friday – April 3
Araw ng Kagitingan – April 9, Thursday
Labor Day – May 1, Friday
Independence Day – June 12, Friday
National Heroes Day – August 31
Bonifacio Day – November 30, Monday
Christmas Day – December 25, Friday
Rizal Day – December 30, Wednesday
Special non-working days:
Jan. 2, Friday
Christmas Eve – Dec. 24, Thursday
Chinese New Year – February 19, Thursday
Black Saturday – April 4
Ninoy Aquino Day – August 21, Friday
All Saints Day – November 1, Sunday
Last Day of the Year – December 31, Thursday
Special holiday for all schools:
Edsa Revolution Anniversary – Feb. 25, Wednesday
Meanwhile, the proclamation on the observance of the Islamic feasts Eid’l Fitr and Eidul Adha will be issued by the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos.
Eid’l Fitr or the Islamic holy month of Ramadan marks the end of the Ramadan while Eidul Adha or the Feast of the Sacrifice honors the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his first-born son Ishmael as an act of submission to God’s command.
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