School Calendar and Activities for School Year 2021-2022

School Calendar and Activities for School Year 2021-2022

The school calendar for SY 2021-2022 will be released soon. We hope for our stakeholders’ continued cooperation and support as we prepare for another challenging yet worthwhile endeavor of educating our children amid a global health crisis.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
On School Calendar 2021-2022

July 16, 2021 – The Department of Education (DepEd) announces that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has approved September 13, 2021 as opening date for School Year 2021-2022, among the options recommended by DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones.

We thank the President for his full support to the delivery of quality basic education for the incoming school year.

The school calendar for SY 2021-2022 will be released soon. We hope for our stakeholders’ continued cooperation and support as we prepare for another challenging yet worthwhile endeavor of educating our children amid a global health crisis.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT
On School Calendar 2021-2022

July 19, 2021 - After the President's decision on the start date for the incoming school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) has finalized the School Calendar for SY 2021-2022, which will still feature a blended learning approach in the delivery of basic education.

As previously announced, the opening date for SY 2021-2022 is on September 13, 2021. It will end on June 24, 2022, for a total of 207 school days

Private schools may deviate from this School Calendar. However, they may not start classes earlier than the first Monday of June and not later than the last day of August, as provided in Republic Act (RA) No. 7797, entitled An Act to Lengthen the School Calendar from Two Hundred (200) Days to Not More than Two Hundred Twenty (220) Class Days. Said schools should notify in advance their respective regional offices (ROs) regarding any deviation from the school calendar.

The Implementing Guidelines on the SY 2018-2019 Calendar of Activities are provided in Enclosure No. 1 to enable the schools to effectively implement the school events and activities. Likewise, the guidelines shall allow the ROs and the schools division offices to provide support to schools, particularly in the areas of instruction, and progress monitoring and evaluation.