Multi-Year Implementing Guidelines on the School Calendar and Activities for SY 2025-2026

Multi-Year Implementing Guidelines on the School Calendar and Activities for SY 2025-2026

DepEd ORDER No. 012, s. 2025

MULTI-YEAR IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES ON THE SCHOOL CALENDAR AND ACTIVITIES

To: Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau and Service Directors
Minister, Basic, Higher and Technical Education, BARMM
Regional Directors
Schools Division Superintendents
Public and Private Elementary and Secondary School Heads
State/Local Universities and College Heads
All Others Concerned

1. The Department of Education (DepEd) issues the enclosed Multiyear Implementing Guidelines on the School Calendar and Activities to enable schools and community learning centers (CLCs) to effectively and efficiently implement school activities and maximize instructional time, cognizant of the goals and objectives of the Eight-Point Socioeconomic Agenda of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., and the Five-Point Reform Agenda of DepEd.

2. In accordance with Republic Act (RA) No. 7797, titled An Act to Lengthen the School Calendar from Two Hundred (200) Days to Not More than Two Hundred Twenty (220) Class Days, as amended by RA 11480, titled An Act Amending Section 3 of RA 7797, the school year (SY) shall consist of not more than 220 class days and shall start on the first Monday of June but not later than the last day of August.

3. Private schools, Philippine Schools Overseas (PSOs), and state/local universities and colleges (SUCs/LUCs) may adopt these multi-year implementing guidelines on the school calendar but shall follow the provisions stipulated under RA 7797, as amended by RA 11480, concerning the required number of class days and the opening of the SY. The schools shall report any inevitable deviation from these guidelines in advance to their respective regional offices.

4. The SY 2025-2026 shall formally open on Monday, June 16, 2025, and shall end on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. It shall consist of 197 class days inclusive of the End-of-School-Year (EOSY) Rites, or as may be determined by subsequent issuances in case of changes in the school calendar due to unforeseen circumstances. For the succeeding school years, DepEd shall issue a memorandum before the start of every SY, providing the specific schedule of school activities and other celebrations/observances.

5. All Orders and other related issuances, rules, regulations, and provisions that are inconsistent with these guidelines are repealed, rescinded, or modified accordingly.

6. This Order shall take effect immediately upon its approval, issuance, and publication on the DepEd website. This shall be registered with the Office of the National Administrative Register (ONAR) at the University of the Philippines Law Center (UP LC), UP Diliman, Quezon City.

7. For more information and inquiries, all concerned may contact the Bureau of Learning Delivery-Office of the Director, 4th Floor, Bonifacio Building, Department of Education Central Office, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City through email at bld.od@deped.gov.ph or at telephone numbers (02) 8536-6540 or 8537-4347.

8. Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.

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