Classes resume on Jan. 3 – DepEd

MANILA, Philippines - Classes in public schools will resume on Jan. 3.

Education Secretary Armin Luistro said the Jan. 3 class resumption is provided in the calendar for school year 2012-2013 laid out in Department Order 26.

The Department of Education (DepEd) has made arrangements for the deployment of mobile classrooms in tents in typhoon-hit provinces.

Luistro said these schools can also be the venue for government social workers to give trauma counseling for children exposed to the ravages of a catastrophe.

Private school may opt not to follow the Jan. 3 class resumption schedule, as long as they follow the minimum 180 actual teaching-learning days, the DepEd said.