Iloilo Nat’l High School welcomes thousands as classes open

ILOILO CITY — Thousands of students filled the grounds of Iloilo National High School (INHS) early Monday morning for their first flag ceremony, marking the official start of School Year 2026–2027.

The bustling campus scene coincided with the nationwide opening of public schools, as an estimated 26 million learners across the country returned to classrooms.

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In preparation for the school opening, INHS administrators, teachers, and volunteer parents spent weeks under the “Brigada Eskwela” program, cleaning and preparing classrooms, and organizing learning materials to accommodate the influx of junior and senior high school students.

This school year also marks the full implementation of the Department of Education’s new three-term academic calendar for SY 2026–2027, replacing the traditional four-quarter grading system. The revised schedule is designed to provide longer, uninterrupted instructional periods and strengthen learning recovery efforts.

As one of the largest public secondary schools in the region, INHS is among those adapting to the restructured calendar in a bid to improve teaching delivery and student performance under the streamlined system./coa