Deped eyes Aug. 22 class opening for next school year

MANILA – The Department of Education (Deped) proposed on Tuesday to start the school year 2022-2023 on August 22.

In a virtual press briefing, Undersecretary Diosdado San Antonio announced they planned to cover 215 days of classes for the next school year, starting August 22 up to July 7, 2023, with the school calendar including 11 weeks per quarter.

“Sa darating po na pasukan, blended na po tayo, mas marami rin ‘yung face-toface, pero hindi tayo papayag na may mga disruptions sa classes in the form of mga activities during the 10 weeks that the quarter is on, lahat po ay turo nang turo, at matututo nang matututo ang mga bata (In the upcoming school year, we will be blended (learning setup), mostly faceto-face, we will not allow disruptions in classes in forms of activities during the 10 weeks that the quarter is on, everyone will continually teach and learners will continue to learn),” he said.

Meanwhile, remedial and advanced summer classes are also targeted to be conducted from July 17 to August 26, 2023.

“Ang proposal po namin dahil kailangan ngang mag-double time, kailangang magkaroon ng additional period para po sa ating (Our proposal, since we need to double time, we need to have an additional period for our) intervention activities at remedial,” he said.

Meanwhile, proposed school breaks include Christmas and New Year’s break from December 19 to January 1, 2023, and mid-year break from February 6 to 10, 2023.

Ideally, end-of-year rites are scheduled from July 10 to 14, next year. ■