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House Panel Raises Concerns Over DepEd’s Proposed Three-Term School Calendar

Philippine lawmakers have flagged potential issues in the Department of Education's new three-term academic calendar, focusing on possible instructional time deficits, insufficient buffer days, and unclear learning outcomes.In a recent briefing by the Philippine House Committee on Basic Education and Culture, chaired by Roman Romulo, lawmakers scrutinized the Department of Education's (DepEd) planned shift to a three-term school calendar scheduled...