MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) has issued an early call for public school heads and teachers to refrain from holding lavish graduation ceremonies and from collection of ...

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday released a statement over the viral graduation ceremony in Antique that showed a principal ordering students to remove their togas, claiming that it was ...

There is no prohibition against inviting candidates to speak at graduation rites, but the Department of Education (DepEd) discouraged school officials from doing so. “Inviting candidates to ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) warned against any form of electioneering or partisan political activities during graduation ceremonies in all schools. This is outlined in ...

MANILA, Philippines—Education Secretary Armin Luistro has reiterated his order to hold “Spartan” or austere graduation rites without any politicking when Grade 6 and fourth-year high school students ...

'We would like to reiterate that graduation and moving up rites that require face-to-face interaction are postponed until further notice,' says DepEd, following a viral video of students sharing a ...