Multi-Year Implementing Guidelines on the School Calendar and Activities

The Department of Education (DepEd) issues the enclosed Multiyear Implementing Guidelines on the School Calendar and Activities to enable schools and community learning centers (CLCs) to effectively and efficiently implement school activities and maximize instructional time, cognizant of the goals and objectives of the Eight-Point Socioeconomic Agenda of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., and the Five-Point Reform Agenda of DepEd.

In accordance with Republic Act (RA) No. 7797, titled An Act to Lengthen the School Calendar from Two Hundred (200) Days to Not More than Two Hundred Twenty (220) Class Days, as amended by RA 11480, titled An Act Amending Section 3 of RA 7797, the school year (SY) shall consist of not more than 220 class days and shall start on the first Monday of June but not later than the last day of August.

Private schools, Philippine Schools Overseas (PSOs), and state/local universities and colleges (SUCS/LUCs) may adopt these multi-year implementing guidelines on the school calendar but shall follow the provisions stipulated under RA 7797, as amended by RA 11480, concerning the required number of class days and the opening of the SY. The schools shall report any inevitable deviation from these guidelines in advance to their respective regional offices.

The SY 2025-2026 shall formally open on Monday, June 16, 2025, and shall end on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. It shall consist of 197 class days inclusive of the End-of-School-Year (EOSY) Rites, or as may be determined by subsequent issuances in case of changes in the school calendar due to unforeseen circumstances. For the succeeding school years, DepEd shall issue a memorandum before the start of every SY, providing the specific schedule of school activities and other celebrations/observances.

Read the full text of the DepEd Order No. 12, s. 2025