School year starts July 29; no Saturday classes

President Marcos has approved the gradual return to the old June-to March school calendar following concerns that the present schedule makes students and teachers vulnerable to the extreme heat of the summer months.

- ALEXIS ROMERO

In a statement, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said classes for school year (SY) 2024-2025 would start on July 29 and would end on April 15, 2025.

The change in schedule will start the gradual return of the school year to June of every year until the end of March the following year.

The move to revert to the old school calendar was discussed during Marcos' meeting with Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte last Tuesday at Malacañang.

During the sectoral meeting, Duterte presented two options for the changing of the school calendar.

Under the first option, there will be 182 school days, including 15 inperson Saturday classes.