DepEd has no plan to move summer break to April-May
DESPITE the hot weather, the Department of Education (DepEd) has no plans to move the school “summer break” back to April and May.
DepEd spokesman Michael Poa made the statement after Senate Basic Education Committee chairman Sherwin Gatchalian suggested that it is “time” to bring back the April-May summer break.
Last week, over 100 students in Cabuyao, Laguna were hospitalized for passing out and experiencing lightheadedness amid an afternoon school fire and earthquake drill.
“So mas maganda na ibalik natin sa dating April-May ang summer vacation,” Gatchalian said.
The senator also mentioned that the school calendar was only adjusted from the previous June to March to the current August to July due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“But it’s time to bring it back, especially now that it’s normal already,” according to the senator.
However, according to DepEd, there are no plans to revert.
“At the moment, there are no plans to revert,” Poa said in a Viber message to reporters on Wednesday when asked about the calls to move the school break back to April and May.
He said school heads have the discretion to suspend in-person classes and use alternative delivery modes or blended learning “if the environment is not conducive to learning.”
