DepEd Order: July 10 is the last day of SY 2020-2021

DepEd Order: July 10 is the last day of SY 2020-2021

According to the school calendar released by the Department of Education (DepEd), classes for School Year (SY) 2020-2021 shall end on July 10, 2021.

DepEd Order (DO) 012 s 2021 titled Amendment to DepEd Order 007 s2020, School Calendar and Activities for SY 2020-2021 stated that "Quarter 4 shall be from May 4 to July 10, 2021."

"Teachers are not paid during vacation and therefore school heads should not require their teachers to report physically in school without letter request approved by the higher authority," according to source.

"The compensation that the teachers are receiving during the summer (school break) and Christmas vacations, is called Proportional Vacation pay, computed in proportion to the number of days they have served during the school year."

"The proportional vacation pay is a benefit given to public school teachers as a counterpart to the mandated leaves granted to other public and private sector workers. It used to be given during summer breaks, after teachers have rendered 10 months of continuous service in a school year."

"Also, a newly hired teacher must not expect too much for the continued payment of their salary once they are included within the payroll period. They may not receive the salary during summer break, or they might be deactivated in payroll due to earned PVP."

"Service credits must be given to teachers reporting to school for work beyond July 10," the source added.

"It is stated in the guidelines in the grant of service credits that Vacation service credits shall not be granted for services rendered without previous authority, therefore it is very important to have an approved request before requiring them (teachers) to report," the source added.

'Reporting to school nowadays is very risky. If your reporting is unauthorized (no approved written request or memo) and something happened to you, it may be very difficult to request for Rehabilitation Privilege  from the agency since your reporting to school is not on official travel or not authorized overtime,' said source.

Government employees officially reporting to school who met an accident are entitled to Rehabilitation Privilege (Sec. 55, Rule XVI, Omnibus Rules Implementing E.O. No. 292). This special privilege is applicable if the accident happened while on duty, occurred while on official travel, authorized overtime, detail orders, and special assignment orders. and occurred while the employee was on his way to work or on his way home from work. (CSC-DBM JC No. 1, p. 2015).

Updated Guidelines on Grant of Vacation Service Credits to Teachers

In line with the policy of this Office  (DepEd) to periodically review existing rules and regulations with a view to improve the delivery of education services, the various issuances on the grant of vacation service credits to teachers on teachers’ leave basis are hereby updated and consolidated as follows:

Statement of Policy

The basic policy in the grant of vacation service credit is that it should be given only for work beyond regular functions or beyond regular work hours/days where payment of honorarium or overtime pay is not possible. In addition, there are situations wherein extraordinary work is demanded from teachers including those which expose their lives to certain risks and for which monetary compensation is not enough. Thus, extra non-monetary compensation is justified.

Definition of Terms

For purposes of this Order, the term, “teacher” shall refer to teachers who do not have to report for classes during the Christmas and long summer vacation and still be entitled to their regular compensation.

The term, teachers’ vacation service credits refers to the leave credits earned for services rendered on activities during summer or Christmas vacation or in the course of the regular school year, as authorized by the proper authority.

The term normal teaching load shall refer to six (6) hours of actual classroom teaching a day.

Uses of vacation service credits

Vacation service credits are used to offset absences of a teacher due to illness. To offset absences on account of illness, one (1) work day service credit is used to offset one (1) day of absence.

4. Activities Eligible for the Grant of Service Credits

Service credits may be granted for the following activities:

1. services rendered during registration and election days as long as these are mandated duties under existing laws;
2. services rendered during calamity and rehabilitation when schools are used as evacuation centers;
3. services rendered in connection with the conduct of remedial classes during the summer or Christmas vacation or outside of regular school days;
4. services rendered in connection with early opening of the school year;
5. services rendered during school sports competitions held outside of regular school days;
6. services rendered by those who train teachers in addition to their normal teaching loads;
7. teaching overload not compensated by honoraria;
8. teaching in non-formal education classes in addition to teaching in formal education classes carrying a normal teaching load;
9. work done during regular school days if these are in addition to the normal teaching load;
10. conduct of testing activities held outside of school days; and
11. attendance/participation in special DepEd projects and activities which are short-term in duration such as English, Science and Math Mentors’ Training, curriculum writing workshop, planning workshop, etc., if such are held during the summer vacation or during weekends.

A premium of 20% may be granted for educational activities (as opposed to non-educational activities such as election duties, calamity assistance) which require specialized expertise.

5. Activities Not Eligible for the Grant of Service Credits

Service credits shall not be granted for the following activities:

1. in-service training programs fully funded by the government;
2. assignment to clerical work, such as checking forms and finishing reports commonly required in connection with the opening and closing of classes;
3. reassignment of teachers to duty in another bureau or office; (detailed in another government office)
4. assignment in connection with exhibits at a fair;
5. postponement of a regular teacher’s vacation; and
6. time spent in travelling to and from station to the place where services are rendered.

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