According to Department Order No. 9, s. 2015 issued by Secretary of Education Armin Luistro, the official school year begins on June 1, 2015 and ends April 1, 2016.
The department order directs the heads of public and private elementary and secondary institutions nationwide to follow the school calendar.
Private schools may choose to deviate from DepEd’s official calendar. However, they may not start classes before the first Monday of June and not later than the last day of August (as provided in Republic Act No. 7797).
The important dates for SY 2015-2016 are as follows:
May
- 1 – Labor Day (regular holiday)
- 4-10 – Palarong Pambansa
- 18-23 – Brigada Eskwela
- 25-29 Oplan Balik Eskwela
June
- 1 – Beginning of Classes for SY 2015-16
- 12 – Independence Day (regular holiday)
- Special PEPT
- 20 – 1st Parent-Teacher Conference (or PTC) (Saturday)
July
- 17 – Eid’l Fitr (regular holiday) (tentative)
August
- 6-7 – 1st Quarter Examinations
- 15 – Distribution of Cards/PTC
- 21 – Ninoy Aquino Day (special non-working holiday)
- 26 – National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE) for Kto12 Grade 9
- 31 – National Heroes Day (regular holiday)
September
- Eid’l Adha (regular holiday) (tentative)
October
- 5 – World Teachers Day
- 15-16 – 2nd Quarter Examinations
- 24 – Distribution of Cards/PTC
- 26-30 – Mid-year assessment and INSET/Semestral Break (for students only)
November
- 1 – All Saints Day (special non-working holiday)
- 15 – Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT) – Luzon
- 22 – PEPT – Visayas and Mindanao
- 30 – Bonifacio Day (regular holiday)
December
- 19 – Start of Christmas Break
- 30 – Rizal Day (regular holiday)
January 2016
- 4 – Resumption of Classes
- 7-8 – 3rd Quarter Examinations
- 23 – Distribution of Cards/PTC
- 30 – Early Registration Day
February 2016
- 25 – EDSA People Power Anniversary (observance)
March 2016
- 2 – National Achievement Test (NAT) (Secondary – Grade 10)
- 2-4 – 4th Quarterly Examinations (Final Examinations) for Grade 6 and 10
- 8 – Language Assessment for Primary Grades (LAPG) for Grade 3
- 10 – National Achievement Test (NAT) (Elementary – Grade 6)
- 17-18 – 4th Quarterly Examinations for Grades 1-5 and Grades 7-9
- 24 – Maundy Thursday (regular holiday)
- 25 – Good Friday (regular holiday)
- 26 – Black Saturday (special non-working holiday)
April 2016
- 1 – Graduation
- Last day of classes
- 4-8 – Distribution of Cards
- 9 – Araw ng Kagitingan (regular holiday)
- 11 – Start of Summer Classes
May 2016
- 1 – Labor Day
- Palarong Pambansa
- 16-21 Brigada Eskwela
- 21 – End of Summer Classes and Final Examinations
- 23-27 – Oplan Balik Eskwela
Special week-, month-long observances
The same department order likewise instructs elementary and secondary schools to observe the following week- and month-long activities as mandated by law:
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