1. Pursuant to DepEd Order No. 22, s. 2023 titled Implementing Guidelines on the School Calendar and Activities for the School Year 2023-2024, this Office
announces that SY 2023-2024 shall formally open on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, and end on Friday, June 14, 2023, inclusive of End-of-School-Year (EOSY) Rites.

2. The Alternative Learning System (ALS) learning intervention shall formally open on the same date as public formal basic education, August 29, 2023. The
program duration shall depend on learners’ individual learning agreements based
on the result of pre-assessments and the recognition of their prior learning.

3. Private schools and state/local universities and colleges may adopt these omnibus implementing guidelines on the school calendar and shall follow the
provisions stipulated under RA 11480 concerning the required number of class
days and the opening of the SY. Schools shall report any inevitable deviation from
these guidelines in advance to their respective regional offices (RO).

4. Enclosed to this Memorandum is DepEd No. 22, s. 2023 for full reference.

5. For relevant queries, you may contact the City Schools Division of Dasmarinas
by email at dasmarinas.city@deped.gov.ph.

6. Immediate dissemination of and compliance with this Memorandum is directed.

0578- Division Memorandum No. 423 s. 2023.pdf