Guidelines On DepEd Summer Classes

Students can speed up their studies, make up lost credits, and take advantage of a more flexible timetable in the Philippines by enrolling in summer programs. Studying in the summer can also help students graduate earlier or free up their schedules for extracurricular activities, internships, or part-time work during the normal school year.

Benefits of Summer Classes

The Department of Education’s implementation of the K-12 Curriculum guarantees that every student must finish their basic education with the competences and skills required for further education, employment, or entrepreneurship. DepEd understands the necessity of providing summer programs in order to guarantee a student’s continuous and regular advancement from one grade level to the next.

With the help of this policy, summer classes offerings will be standardized, and all elementary and secondary schools—public and private—will receive the proper guidance. Summer school instruction must give students with gaps in their knowledge or deficiencies in certain subjects the chance of making up for them through teaching or guidance. Summer classes may also be held to progress subjects, especially for senior high school students who will be immersed in work in the upcoming semester.

Guidelines to Conduct for Summer Classes

The following guidelines will serve as a basis for evaluating student learning in summer classes:

A. The student will be evaluated both formatively and summatively. DepEd Order No. 8. The Remedial Class Mark (RCM) is the final grade for summer classes. The policy guidelines on classroom assessment for the K–12 Basic Education Program were published in 2015. The Recomputed Final Grade (RFG) is the AVERAGE of the Final Grade at the final day of the academic year and the RCM. To advance to the following grade level or semester, the learner must receive an RFG of 75 or above.

B. To identify the least mastered competencies or learning gaps, the learner will be reviewed right away by the subject teacher if their RFG is less than 75. To guarantee that the learner moves on to the following grade level or semester, the outcomes of the reassessment will provide the foundation for organizing and creating an instant instructional intervention. The learner may enroll in the next grade level in the next school year with ongoing tutorial services provided if they continue to fail the instructional intervention.

C. Upon graduating into the next grade level or year, the learner will get a Certificate of Recomputed Final Grade, which will be signed by the relevant teacher and approved by the principal or school head.

Daily Session Time Allotment:

Subjects	Grades 4-6	Grade 7-10
Filipino	4 hours	4 hours
English	4 hours	4 hours
Science	4 hours	4 hours
Mathematics	4 hours	4 hours
Araling Panlipunan	3 hours	3 hours
EPP/TLE	4 hours	4 hours
MAPEH	3 hours	3 hours
ESP	2.5 hours	2 hours

Required Documents for DepEd Summer Classes

By the third week of March before the summer term, the school must send a letter to the Schools Division Office (SDO) requesting to offer remedial or advancement classes during the summer. The request will be approved by the Superintendent of the Schools Division (SDS) in accordance with the evaluation findings. Summer course approval will only be granted for the requested term or year.

List of students who will take remedial or advanced classes during the summer.
As part of the endorsement for summer classes, the subject area teacher prepares a list of the learner’s least mastered competencies in the subject area where he or she failed.

There must be at least ten (10) students in Grades 4 – 10 and in any of the Senior High School’s main academic areas. However, for any of the key topics under the SHS, a minimum of eight (8) is permitted. Otherwise, students will be sent to nearby schools that offer summer classes. In circumstances when no school offers summer sessions in any learning area, the SDO must provide alternative measures to meet the needs of students.

The school head’s approved class schedule and a tentative list of the learning area(s) to be offered.
Parents/guardians of students attending summer classes must provide written consent.
List of teachers and the subjects they will cover during summer sessions.

Qualified Students For Summer Classes

The following students are permitted to enroll in classes over the summer:

The main beneficiaries of summer lessons offered in public schools are students from private schools who plan on moving to public schools in the future, as well as learners from public schools.
A public-school student may be permitted to enroll in a government-approved private school during the summer and should be accepted to re-enroll when he or she returns to public school.
Grades 4–10 students who failed in two (2) or more learning areas at the conclusion of the school year despite receiving educational assistance.
Students at Senior High School (SHS) who have deficiencies as a result of changing their specialization or track after a year, or who have failed in any subject at the end of their first or second semester. Additionally, those SHS students who failed a required course.
To encourage greater attention to their work immersions, incoming Grade 12 students who plan to participate in a work immersion during the following semester may enroll in two to three advanced subjects over the summer.
Students with special educational needs (LSENs) in Grades 4 through 12 may attend classes in the summer to make up lost ground in their academic performance.

Observing And Assessing

After the last day of summer sessions, the school head must keep an eye on things and turn in a report to the division office along with a certificate of Recomputed Final Grade, Form 137, and School Form No. 5 (SF5), no later than ten (10) days.

Monitoring and assessment of summer school operations will be done by the Schools Division Superintendent (SDS) or designees. The last day of summer classes is twenty-five (25) days away, after which monitoring and supervision reports must be turned in to the Regional Director (RD).

In order to continuously improve the way this policy is implemented, the Bureau of Learning Delivery must keep an eye on it and assess its efficacy.

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