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DepEd: Face-to-face ceremony still not allowed, virtual end-of-school-year rites an option

CHED: No more face-to-face classes for colleges, universities using new school calendar as COVID-19 crisis
continues

Teachers also need rest after 10 months of work, group tells DepEd

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There will be no face-to-face ceremonies allowed during the conduct of end-of-school-year (EOSY) rites at the basic
education level this school year but schools can hold virtual rites “whenever feasible,” the Department of Education
(DepEd) said.

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This will be the second time that there will be no in-person activities for students who have completed their
respective grade levels since Philippine schools were shut down due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
in March 2020.

Education Secretary Leonor Briones, in a DepEd memo dated May 24, officially announced the conduct of End-of-
School-Year (EOSY) Rites for Kindergarten, Grades 6, 10, and 12 learners who “satisfactorily met the curriculum
requirements at the end of SY 2020-2021.”

The EOSY rites will also include SY 2019-2020 learners who passed the portfolio assessment in the Alternative
Learning System (ALS) Elementary and Junior High School levels and the first batch of ALS Senior High School
learners who met the curriculum requirements.

With theme, “Kalidad ng Edukasyon Lalong Patatagin sa Gitna ng Pandemya” (Strengthening the Quality of Education
Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic), the EOSY rites highlight that “amid all the challenges, the learners’ rights to inclusive
and quality education, and to safety from the health risks of COVID-19 must be given priority.”

The final or Quarter 4 for SY 2020-2021 will end on July 10 after the School Calendar for the current school year was
amended.

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The Commission on Higher Education says colleges and universities following the new school calendar will no longer
require students to attend face-to-face classes in the light of the COVID-19 crisis.

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Speaking to CNN Philippines Tuesday, CHED Commissioner Prospero de Vera said this was the consensus among all
schools, however, he said this does not mean classes would be suspended entirely.
"Hindi isasara ang semestre, pero ititigil ang pag-hold ng regular residential, or face-to-face classes. 'Yung mga
natitirang linggo hanggang matapos ang semestre nila, kasi yung semestre dapat matatapos ngayong Mayo, ay
gagawin nila para makapagsumite ng mga requirements, mga take home assignments, mga learning modules...para
makapgcompute ng kanilang grades," he said.

De Vera said this arrangement was because these schools were just approaching their midterms when the
quarantine was announced in March.

For schools still following the old calendar, De Vera said the CHED ordered they finish their semester on April 30 as
there was enough basis to issue grades.

He added there were still colleges and universities who are still looking to have students attend classes, but these
were in places where there were no cases of COVID-19.

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Noting that public school teachers have been working for nearly 10 months now without proper breaks, a teachers’
group has called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to “justly compensate” their proportional vacation pay
(PVP) in light of the adjusted school calendar.

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In a letter to Education Secretary Leonor Briones dated March 30, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) said the
extension of the school year was a matter of “serious concern” for educators, as their duties under distance learning
“proved to be way heavier than their prepandemic duties.”

According to ACT secretary-general Raymond Basilio, the 10 months that public school teachers have worked are
already equivalent to their regular service in a common school year, which is usually succeeded by the summer
vacation when teachers enjoy their PVP.

“The current school calendar under distance learning, however, has set July 10, 2021, as the last day of classes,
thereby requiring teachers to work for 14 straight months without any leave benefits,” he said.

Second extension
The PVP, the group explained, is a leave benefit specifically granted to public school teachers after rendering 10
months of continuous service during a single school year in place of the mandated yearly 15-day sick leaves and 15-
day vacation leaves for workers in public and private sectors.

However, teachers may no longer be able to enjoy this benefit after the DepEd extended the school year 2020-2021
for the second time.

He added that many public school teachers were yet to receive the full payment promised by the DepEd for
communication expense reimbursement and service recognition incentive for 2020.
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