As stipulated in Civil Service Service-Memorandum Circular (CSC-MC) No. 9, s. 2012, also known as Amendment to Section 6 [Teacher's Leave] Rule XVI of the CSC-MC No. 41, s. 1998 (Omnibus Rules on Leave), teachers are not entitled to the usual vacation and sick leave credits but to Proportional Vacation Pay (PVP), which refers to compensation of teaching personnel during Christmas and long school breaks. The total PVP earned by teachers is proportionate to the number of days served during the school year (SY). Computation of the PVP shall be provided by the Department of Education (DepEd) every school year.

Per DepEd Order (DO) No. 009, s. 2024, titled Implementing Guidelines on the School Calendar and Activities for the School Year 2024-2025, the school year shall formally open on Monday, July 29, 2024, and end on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Considering this and pursuant to DO 53, s. 2003 (Updated Guidelines on Grant of Vacation Service Credits to Teachers), teachers who were authorized to render services during long school break, may be granted one vacation service credit per accumulated eight hours of service rendered supported by the official attendance monitoring mechanisms that are recorded and verifiable.

 In view hereof, this is to provide the guidelines on the Computation of the PVP for SY 2024-2025 for all public school teachers.

Teachers who rendered continuous service from July 29, 2024, to April 15, 2025, shall be entitled to 73 days total of PVP, computed as follows:

261 days   Actual number of days
                 from July 29, 2024, to April 15, 2025
12 days     Number of Christmas vacation days 
                 from December 21, 2024, to January 1, 2025 
61 days    Number of Long Vacation days earned
                from April 16, 2024, to June 15, 2025)
73 days   Total number of PVP earned (Long Vacation 
                days and Christmas vacation days)
249 days Actual Number of days less Christmas vacation days

Factor of 0.245 (Number of long school breaks divided by actual days served) shall be used for the computation of the PVP of teachers with absences during and for SY 2024-2025.

Read the full text of DepEd No. 32, s. 2025
Source: https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/DM_s2025_032.pdf