MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, February 20, announced that schools are gradually transitioning to the old academic calendar, where classes begin in June ...

As the country navigates another school year under shifting climate patterns, Education Secretary Sonny Angara reiterated ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education ... “The steps for the plan to return to the old school calendar of public schools are being discussed today in a consultation at the DepEd ...

To recall, DepEd adjusted the school calendar in 2014 because of the frequency of class suspensions due to typhoons and other climate-related events. The change was also implemented to align the ...

Image Most schools in the Philippines, like this one in Quezon ... could have been avoided had the authorities not changed the school calendar after the pandemic. The school year now runs from ...

Mr Raymond Basilio, secretary-general of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer the government should consider reverting to the old school calendar where classes ...

The United Nations agency for children (UNICEF) welcomed the reopening of schools in the Philippines ... free public transport until the end of the calendar year. On Saturday, the government ...

The change was also implemented to align the Philippines’ school calendar with other countries—which is another matter of whether or not it was effective in advancing Filipino students ...