The country’s top universities considers revision and mull transition regarding their academic calendar having it synchronized in other Southeast Asian school opening set in August or September.
The University of the Philippines (UP), Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), De La Salle University (DLSU) and the University of Santo Tomas (UST) are among the leading institutions in the country reportedly agreed to revise the academic calendar but have not released official decision.
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However, revising the academic calendar would further affect the educational system as well as the academic cycle particular on entrance and licensure examinations according to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
“This (revised school calendar) has to be studied carefully by these schools as there might be some repercussions, especially in the country’s education system,” CHED Chairman Patricia Licuanan said in an interview via phone.
The plan to change the school calendar is in preparation for the economic integration of (–foul word(s) removed–)ociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the region in 2015. Licuanan stressed that the revision is not a requirement from ASEAN committee.
CHED has recently created a technical working group in order to analyze the implications of the changes in academic calendar as the Department of Education initially began studying the effects of revising the school schedule for basic education.