DepEd announces June class opening

Secretary of Education Armin Luistro yesterday officially announced that the Department of Education (DepEd) “has made a decision” to retain the opening of elementary and high school classes in June this year, amid proposals to move it to later months.

In a press briefing, Luistro, who has repeatedly been asked about the stand of the Department of Education (DepEd) on proposals to move the school opening to July, August, or September, said that while a study is now being conducted by an inter-agency panel led by the Commission on Higher (CHED), “nakapag-desisyon na kami na ang opening ng school year ngayong taon para sa el ... Read more »