Students try to shield themselves from the heat of the noonday sun at President Corazon Aquino High School in the Baseco community in Tondo, Manila, on April 2, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171634819749020240402-baseco-heat-index-JC-3679.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Students try to shield themselves from the heat of the noonday sun at President Corazon Aquino High School in the Baseco community in Tondo, Manila, on April 2, 2024. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></span><em> </em></span></span></span>MANILA - President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Department of Education have approved a proposal to open classes in schools across the country on July 29 for School Year 2024-2025.</div><p>The school year will end on April 15, 2025, Malacanang said.</p><p>In a statement, Malacañang said this was agreed upon during a sectoral meeting with Marcos Jr. and educational secretary Vice President Sara Duterte, as schools move for a gradual return to the old school calendar.</p><p>&quot;In response to public concerns on the schedule of classes, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday approved to start reverting the country’s school calendar to the traditional arrangement,&quot; they said in a statement.</p><p>Schools had pushed the opening of classes to August in 2020 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, as face-to-face classes went suspended.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/6/marcos-jr-wants-return-to-old-school-calendar-by-2025-1028">Marcos Jr. wants return to old school calendar by 2025</a></div><p>With the return of in-person classes, schools were recently forced to suspend classes due to extreme heat brought upon by the effects of El Nino or the dry season. </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/3/kids-study-in-overheated-slum-as-philippines-shuts-schools-1059">Kids study in overheated slum as Philippines shuts schools</a><br/><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/5/14/sweltering-heat-across-asia-was-45-times-more-likely-because-of-climate-change-study-finds-628">Sweltering heat across Asia was 45 times more likely because of climate change, study finds</a></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4APja13x8fw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Department of Education have approved a proposal to open classes in schools across the country on July 29 for School Year 2024-2025.</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Department of Education have approved a proposal to open classes in schools across the country on July 29 for School Year 2024-2025.

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Marcos Jr., DepEd approve July 29 opening of classes for SY 2024-2025

Marcos Jr., DepEd approve July 29 opening of classes for SY 2024-2025

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Published May 22, 2024 11:32 AM PHT

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