Universities suspend classes for EDSA anniversary

Several universities across the Philippines, including various De La Salle schools, Immaculate Conception ICA, La Salle Green Hills, and Xavier School, have suspended classes on February 25 to commemorate the 39th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution.

Adamson University declared February 25 a special non-working school holiday, contrasting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s declaration of the anniversary as a special working holiday.

The University of the Philippines (UP) system will observe February 25 as an "alternative learning day."

The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) strongly encourages its approximately 190 member-schools to declare February 25 a "non-academic, non-working day" to highlight the importance of the EDSA people power revolution.

CEAP stated that the EDSA People Power revolution is a constitutive dimension of learning and urged Filipinos to revive its spirit, especially for the upcoming midterm elections.

They would likely hold alternative class setups to perform community outreach events and eucharistic celebrations of the holiday.