DepEd pushing for early end of school year due to intense heat

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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) said on Tuesday that it is pushing for an earlier end to the school year 2024 to 2025, citing the intense heat that affects learners.

According to Assistant Secretary Francis Bringas, DepEd spokesperson, the department has submitted a letter to the Office of the President regarding their proposal.

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“Nonetheless, in response to the recent clamor for a more immediate reversion to the April-May school break, the Department has already submitted a letter to the Office of the President presenting other options including a more aggressive alternatives of ending school year 2024 to 2025 in March,” Bringas said in a Senate panel briefing.

In the DepEd’s order released in February, the proposed period of the school year 2024 to 2025 will run from July 29 to March 24.

This shift was done in a bid to revert the school calendar to the previous June to March setting.

Bringas added that there will be no longer make-up classes for the remaining weeks of the school year 2023 to 2024 as days when alternative delivery modes (ADM) were implemented are to be counted as the same as regular school days.

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“No more additional make-up classes because while they are on ADM, those are counted as school days,” Bringas added.

The official earlier said that the DepEd will hold a non-mandatory National Learning Camp to supplement the lessons that students received during the days when ADM was implemented.