Students try to shield themselves from the heat of the noonday sun at President Corazon Aquino High School in the Baseco community in Tondo, Manila, on April 2, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News MANILA - President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Department of Education have approved a proposal to open classes in schools across the country on July 29 for School Year 2024-2025.

The school year will end on April 15, 2025, Malacanang said.

In a statement, Malacañang said this was agreed upon during a sectoral meeting with Marcos Jr. and educational secretary Vice President Sara Duterte, as schools move for a gradual return to the old school calendar.

"In response to public concerns on the schedule of classes, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday approved to start reverting the country’s school calendar to the traditional arrangement," they said in a statement.

Schools had pushed the opening of classes to August in 2020 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, as face-to-face classes went suspended.

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With the return of in-person classes, schools were recently forced to suspend classes due to extreme heat brought upon by the effects of El Nino or the dry season. 

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