The Department of Education (DepEd) officially announced on April 15, Wednesday, that the conduct of End-of-School-Year (EOSY) activities such as graduation rites and moving up ceremonies at all basic education levels for School Year (SY) 2019-2020 have been “postponed indefinitely” amid the continued threat of COVID-19 in the country.
“Graduation rites for SY 2019-2020 are postponed indefinitely,” DepEd said in an advisory. DepEd said that the move is in line with the extension of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon and in different parts of the country, and the continued restriction of the Department of Health on mass gatherings.
“Schools, in consultation with the Parents-Teachers Association leadership, can decide to reschedule or forego the holding of the rites once the ECQ or localized community quarantine is lifted,” DepEd said. “If holding the rites will push through, DOH guidelines on mass gatherings must be observed,” the agency added.
“There are many instances where graduation rites and other ceremonies were cancelled or postponed,” Briones said, noting that natural calamities and other events have forced schools not to push through with the EOSY activities.
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