Academic year 2022-2023 may open on August 22, a Monday, with more schools holding limited in-person classes alongside distance learning, if plans of the Department of Education go through.
In an online press conference Tuesday, Undersecretary Diosdado San Antonio said the agency was proposing School Year 2022-2023 to start on Aug. 22 and end on July 7, 2023.
The SY will have 215 days with the following dates for the grading periods:
Quarter 1 – Aug. 22 – Nov. 4
Quarter 2 – Nov. 7 – Feb. 3, 2023
Quarter 3 – Feb. 13 – April 28, 2023
Quarter 4 – May 2 – July 7, 2023
The proposed Christmas break will start on December 19, with classes resuming on Jan. 2, 2023, San Antonio said, adding there was a planned mid-year break from Feb. 6 to 10, 2023.
San Antonio said the agency was eyeing to hold next school year’s end-of-year rites, such as graduation ceremonies, or moving up events, from July 10 to 14, 2023.
The official said the DepEd would continue to implement blended learning, with more schools reopening to face-to-face instruction.
“We will still have blended learning in the coming school year but with more face-to-face classes,” he said.
As of April 5, up to 17,524 public and private schools have begun holding limited face-to-face classes, equivalent to 30 percent of the total number of schools nationwide, according to the DepEd.
The current SY 2021-2022 is scheduled to end on June 24, with some private schools holding their graduation exercises on May 17, a Tuesday.