Full face-to-face graduation and moving-up ceremonies in public schools in Antique made the events memorable for learners and their parents, according to an official of the Department of Education (DepEd) from this province.

Dr. Evelyn Remo, Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Antique chief of school governance and operations, said in an interview Tuesday that graduation and moving up ceremonies for 47,130 graduates and completers from Kindergarten to Grade 12 enrolled in 535 public schools in the province were from July 10-14, 2023.

“The graduation and moving up ceremonies this year are done face-to-face with the parents and other family members already allowed to witness it,” she said.

She said that just like the pre-pandemic time, families could celebrate the educational milestone of their learners unlike in the past two school years when there were restrictions.

Schools have the discretion whether or not they will still require facemasks or to observe other Covid-19 health protocols depending on cases in their communities, she added.

“Graduation and moving up ceremonies in Antique have returned to normal now,” Remo said.

She said there were schools with big number of graduates holding a series of ceremonies to lessen the gathering of people.

Remo added that graduates are resilient so even if they did not have face-to-face classes in the past two years, they learned through blended learning either online or in modular mode.

“We are celebrating because of our learners’ resiliency despite the challenges of the pandemic,” Remo said as she conveyed her congratulations to the graduates and completers. (PNA)