PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has approved Sept. 13, 2021 as the opening date for the school year 2021-2022.
The Department of Education (DepEd) posted this announcement on its website on Friday, July 16, 2021, stating that Duterte has approved the date among the options recommended by DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones.
DepEd previously proposed the following dates: Aug. 23, 2021, Sept. 6, or Sept. 13.
“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,” DepEd said.
DepEd has not provided details on the mode of instruction, whether it will be hybrid learning where some students attend classes in-person while others join virtually from home, or fully in-person classes.
Face-to-face classes have been suspended since mid-March 2020.
For weeks now, the Department of Health (DOH) and its child health experts have been discussing with DepEd plans to pilot limited face-to-face classes.