The exceptional occurrence of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has mainly led to the implementation of different forms of community quarantine. This brought great impact not only to the country or the world economy but specifically to our children’s education.
With the school year ending not when it was supposed to; it looks like it would not be starting anytime soon as well. So how would the next school year go down? In this article, we’ll be sharing the DepEd calendar of activities to help you figure out what the schedule is.
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Subsequently, with all the meetings and internal discussions made, The Department of Education (DepEd) was able to come up with a conclusion to set the opening of the School Year (SY) 2020-2021 on August 24,2020, and will end on April 30, 2021, having a total of 203 class days.
Pre-School Year
The DepEd said that the days in August prior to the formal school opening will be for each school or learning institution’s initiative to give their students and their learners enough homework to discover foundational subjects; so as to consider a much simpler and a more efficient curriculum.
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Other approaches of teaching will also be considered like online possibilities and also radio or TV lessons. Online classes administered by private schools and state local universities and colleges may start as early as first Monday of June but strictly no face-to-face classes earlier than August 24. The enrollment will be conducted on June 1 to 30.
On this regard, the DepEd released its latest Calendar for the said School Year according to DepEd Order No. 007 series of 2020.
DepEd Calendar of Activities
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Month | Activity |
JUNE 2020 | |
1 | Start for teachers to render service for SY 2020-2021 |
| 12 | Independence Day |
23 | Department of Education Founding Anniversary |
TBA | Special Administration of Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT), if allowed under IATF rules |
| 1 to 30 | Enrollment Period |
1 to 30 | Brigada Eskwela and Oplan Balik Eskwela |
July 2020 | |
1 to 31 | Brigada Eskwela and Oplan Balik Eskwela |
| TBA | Eidul Adha (regular holiday; date subject to Presidential Proclamation) |
August 2020 | |
3 to 15 | Pre-school opening assignments exploring foundational topics for deepening during the year / Orientation of learners on the utilization of alternative modalities and learner’s materials |
| 17 to 22 | Mental Health and Psychosocial Support |
21 | Ninoy Aquino Day (special non-working day) |
| TBA | Conduct of Career Assessment of Grade 9 students |
24 | Start of teaching and learning activities |
31 | National Heroes Day (regular holiday) |
1 to 29 | End of Brigada Eskwela and Oplan Balik Eskwela |
September 2020 | |
TBA | Oplan Kalusugan sa Deped |
| October 2020 | |
5 | World Teacher’s Day |
15 to 16 | First Quarter Examination |
November 2020 | |
1 | All Saints’ Day (special non-working day) |
| 2 | All Souls’ Day (Additional non-working day per Presidential Proclamation No. 845, s. 2019) |
7 | Parent-Teacher Conference |
| 27 | Araw ng Pagbasa |
30 | Bonifacio Day (regular holiday) |
December 2020 | |
8 | Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (special non-working holiday) |
10 to 11 | Second Quarter Examination |
14 to 18 | Mid-Year Inset |
19 | Start of the Christmas break |
24 | Christmas Eve (additional special non-working day per Presidential Proclamation No. 845 s. 2019) |
25 | Christmas Day (regular holiday) |
30 | Rizal Day (regular holiday) |
31 | New Year’s Eve (special non-working holiday) |
January 2021 | |
1 | New Year’s Day (regular holiday) |
4 | Resumption of classes from the holidays break. |
9 | Parent-Teacher Conferences (PTCs) |
3rd Week | NCAE, if allowed under IATF rules |
4th Week | Administration of NAT for Grade 12, if allowed under IATF rules |
30 | Start of early registration for the school year 2021-2022 |
February 2021 | |
1st week | PEPT, if allowed under IATF rules |
| 1stweek to 2nd week | Supreme Pupil Government (SPG) / Supreme Student Government (SSG) Election |
12 | Chinese New Year |
24 and 26 | Third (3rd) Quarter Examination |
25 | EDSA People Power Anniversary |
March 2021 | |
13 | Parent-Teacher Conferences |
| TBA | Administration of NAT for Grade 6 and Grade 10, if allowed under the rules of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) |
TBA | Early Language Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (ELLNA), if allowed under IATF rules |
April 2021 | |
1 | Maundy Thursday (regular holiday) |
2 | Good Friday(regular holiday) |
9 | Araw ng Kagitingan (regular holiday) |
15-16 | Fourth (4th) Quarter Examination for Grade 6, 10, and 12 |
| 22-23 | Fourth Quarter Examination for Grades 1-5, and 7 to 11 |
26-30 | End of School Year Rites |
| 3rdweek | Administration of accreditation and equivalency (A&E) test, if allowed under IATF rule |
May 2021 | |
1 | Labor Day (public holiday) |
3 | Start of Summer Classes |
TBA | National Schools Press Conference (NSPC)/ National Festival of Talents (NFOT) (Online) |
TBA | Palarong Pambasa, where possible |
| TBA | Eidul Fitr (regular holiday, subject to Presidential Proclamation) |
TBA | Brigada Eskwela, OPLAN Balik Eskwela |
June 2021 | |
11 | End of Remedial/Enrichment Summer Classes |
What do you think about the latest and the newest update on the DepEd Calendar of activities? Is it just right for students to continue or resume their studies around the 3rd week of August? Can this be just the most appropriate time to resume classes?
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There were cases in other countries where they allowed the resumption of classes — and this triggered even the worse and the deadlier second wave of the COVID-19. Hopefully, our country would not undergo such sequence that would endanger the lives of the Filipino people.
Source: The Department of Education (DepEd)