The Department of Education wants to fast track the shift to the old academic calendar by March 2025. The agency says this was in response to ‘clamor’ for a faster return to the old academic calendar.
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00:00 The Department of Education wants to fast-track the shift to the old academic calendar by
00:05 March 2025.
00:07 It says it is proposing to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. a more aggressive ending of the
00:11 upcoming school year 2024-2025.
00:15 DepEd spokesperson Francis Bringa says this was in response to clamor for a faster return
00:20 to the old academic calendar.
00:22 Before this, the DepEd had set an initial five-year timeline to fully transition to
00:27 the old academic calendar.
00:29 If approved, students will only have 165 in-person school days for the upcoming school year.
00:35 The remaining will be done through distance learning.
00:37 There will be shorter school breaks during the transition.
00:41 Republic Act 7797 says school days should be between 200 to 220 days.
00:47 In recent weeks, the DepEd suspended in-person classes due to excessive heat.
00:52 The heat index in Ibazambales reached 53 degrees Celsius on April 28, the highest recorded in 2024.