DepEd Order No. 9 s. 2023 | An Order Updating the Multi-Year Implementing Guidelines on the Conduct of the K to 12 Basic Education Program End-of-School-Year (EOSY) Rites
Gradweyt ng K to 12: Hinubog ng Matatag na Edukasyon
(K to 12 Graduates: Molded through a Resilient Educational Foundation), which emphasizes that graduation is not only a celebratory milestone but also a symbol of resilience, agency and grit of Filipino learners honed by solid basic education system that is responsive to the changing needs of time. Further, it highlights that every learner's achievement mirrors an education that succeeds amid all difficulties.
a. Discouraging excessive spending, extravagant attire, or extraordinary venue for the conduct of Graduation and Moving Up Ceremonies;
b. DO No. 66 s. 2017, entitled Implementing Guidelines on the Conduct of Off-Campus Activities;
c. DO No. 31 s. 2019, entitled The Department of Education Service Marks and Visual Identity Manual (Enclosure 1, pages 44-46)
d. DO No. 36, s. 2016, entitled Policy Guidelines on Awards and Recognition for the K to 12 Basic Education Program;
e. DO No. 48, s. 2018, entitled Prohibition of Electioneering and Partisan Political Activity;and
f. Prohibiting any DepEd personnel to collect any kind of contribution or graduation/ moving up fee.
7. Private Schools, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Technical Vocational Institutions (TVIs), State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), and Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs) offering basic education or any grade levels thereof, may opt to adopt the provision of this DO as basis in the conduct of their moving up/graduation ceremonies.
8. This order shall take effect immediately upon its approval and shall remain in force and in effect for the duration of the K-to-12 Basic Education Program, unless sooner repealed, amended or rescinded. Certified copies of this Order shall be filed with the University of the Philippines Law Center-Office of the National Administrative Register (UPLC-ONAR), UP Diliman, Quezon City.
9. All DepEd Orders, Memoranda, and other related issuances, rules, regulations, and provisions which are inconsistent with these guidelines are hereby repealed, rescinded, or modified accordingly.
10. Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.
