EDSOR schools to celebrate EDSA People Power as special non-working day
EDSOR Consortium, an association of schools in the EDSA-Ortigas area, said its schools will celebrate Feb. 25, or the EDSA People Power anniversary, as a special non-working day despite Malacañang declaring otherwise.
In a statement, EDSOR—comprising Immaculate Conception Academy, La Salle Green Hills, Saint Pedro Poveda College, and Xavier School—said it "reaffirms the continuing significance" of Feb. 25.
"Our schools have agreed to celebrate this date as a special non-working holiday despite Malacañang’s exclusion of this historical event," it said.
EDSOR noted that as part of its "responsibility as educational institutions," it remains "committed to preserving the relevance of the EDSA People Power Revolution, particularly for our current and future generations of students."
"We will continue to keep the spirit of EDSA alive despite active efforts to undermine it," it added.
De La Salle University also announced early in February that Feb. 25 will be an "Alternative Learning Day" with classes at all levels and work on all campuses called off.
The EDSA People Power was a series of bloodless demonstrations from Feb. 22 to 25, 1986, which toppled the 20-year dictatorship of Ferdinand E. Marcos.
Last October 2024, his son and namesake President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., via Proclamation No. 727, issued a list of regular holidays and special non-working days.
Feb. 25 was designated as a special working day.
Last year's proclamation was the second time Malacañang didn't declare the EDSA People Power as a holiday.
At the time, the Office of the President argued that it wasn't declared a holiday since it was a Sunday.
This 2025, the EDSA People Power falls on a Tuesday.
