UST changes academic calendar to July-May

[Monseratto]

February 12, 2014 10:10am

The University of Santo Tomas (UST) has moved its academic year to start in July and end in May, its official publication The Varsitarian said.

The Varsitarian, quoting UST Secretary General Fr. Winston Cabading, said the university will adopt the new academic calendar starting the school year 2014-2015 "as a gradual transition to a much later date for the opening of the school year in 2015-2016 and onwards."

A copy of UST's new academic calendar showed that the Mass of the Holy Spirit, which marks the start of UST's school year, will be held on July 7 while the start of regular classes will be on July 14. This is a month-long difference from the previous calendar.

It likewise said there will be 104 school days for the first semester (July to November) and another 104 for the second semester (January to May), giving a total of 208 days for academic year 2014-2015.

The Varsitarian, however, said that the change will only apply to UST's tertiary and post-graduate programs and that faculty members are still required to report for work starting June 2.

Earlier, the Ateneo de Manila University and the University of the Philippines system also announced that they are shifting their academic calendars from August to May, aligning their schedule with their overseas partners and ensuring that their graduates will have a global outlook.

But aside from Ateneo, UP and UST, the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines had also said that De La Salle University and Adamson University were also considering changing their school calendar. — Kimberly Jane Tan/RSJ, GMA News

[_Qwerty_]

1st phase yan.. tapos for 2015.. August na start..

ang Ateneo yata August na ang start this school year 2014.

[CVT]

1st phase yan.. tapos for 2015.. August na start..

ang Ateneo yata August na ang start this school year 2014.

That then makes sense.... Kung baga phasing-in mode....

I was wondering earlier why they did not start the school year in August, (like) as announced by UP Manila and ADMU....

I guess other schools will follow soon....



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[vinj]

Iwas baha din ang UST.

[111prez]

Ateneo is starting the new school calendar this 2015 pa

[_Qwerty_]

so magiging August to May na ang school year.. then June and July ang bakasyon..

pano yung mga highschool? dapat sumunod na din silia.. kesa naman gra graduate sila nang March.. tapos August pa papasok..

[Retz]

hindi na summer vacation. rainy vacation na.

[Monseratto]

Heavy rains and fllooding usually occur during August-November.But many students will be more inconvinienced by the summer heat that peaks during April-May... Hopefully these schools have airconditioned rooms or at least electric fans... I guess fewer beach outings for them.

[Retz]

diba nag move yan dahil sa rainy season on june and july? pero nag move din ang rainy season natin sa august and september onwards na baka sa susunod gawin na october start of school year.

[_Qwerty_]

January na lang start.. para sa bakasyon damay na xmas and new year vacation..

[1D4LV]

Heavy rains and fllooding usually occur during August-November.But many students will be more inconvinienced by the summer heat that peaks during April-May... Hopefully these schools have airconditioned rooms or at least electric fans... I guess fewer beach outings for them.

UST has airconditioned rooms.
I don't think UP has.

[_Qwerty_]

some rooms in UP are airconditioned.

UST has airconditioned rooms.
I don't think UP has.

[baludoy]

^ same thing w/ ateneo. most of the classrooms there don't have aircons

naalala ko tuloy iyan ang rason kaya bakit may annual debate and high school body at admin kung anu-ano ang pros and cons ng mga silid aralan na may aircon at wala

[macsd]

What's the rational for the shift in school calendar ? The only thing i've heard is that it aligns with other countries in the west. Well, would it not be just right that the school calendar which ends in March gives a prospective transfer student from here to the west more time to complete the requirements, adjust and enroll than having the same calendar. If it's the rainy and flooding thing, wasn't that Ondoy & Habagat occurred in August & September? Aside from that, we just had 2 tropical depressions last month which means before they can adjust the school calendar, the weather pattern had adjusted already. Will it be cost savings to the institution which hopefully can translate to no tuition hike increase?

So what's really the big need for a change ?

[bmacavanza]

Dito sa Australia, February ang start ng school

January na lang start.. para sa bakasyon damay na xmas and new year vacation..