Please refer to Department Order No. 9, s. 2015, for more information.
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 |