ADVERTISEMENT
Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider National devider SY 2023-2024 enrollment breaches 24M; public schools to accept late enrollees

SY 2023-2024 enrollment breaches 24M; public schools to accept late enrollees

Published Aug 31, 2023 06:15 am

At A Glance

  • As of Aug. 31, DepEd recorded 24,772, 003 learners enrolled for SY 2023-2024.
  • Region IV-A has the highest number of enrollees with 3,672, 271 Region III follows with 2,753,328, and the NCR with 2,597,582.
  • A total of 217, 631 learners also enrolled in the Alternative Learning System (ALS).
  • DepEd assured that late enrollees will still be accommodated since it is a "policy not to refuse" learners in public schools.

Enrollment in basic education has reached 24.6 million based on the data released by the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Aug. 31.

viber_image_2023-08-29_11-03-00-910.jpg
Students of Legarda Elementary School in Sampaloc, Manila on Aug. 29, 2023, the first day of School Year 2023-2024. (ARNOLD QUIZOL / MANILA BULLETIN)

Based on the latest data from the Learner Information System (LIS) for this school year, there were 24,772,003 learners currently enrolled in private and public schools nationwide.

DepEd said that the total number of registered students for the new school year included those from both public and private schools.

aug 31 2pm.jpg
(DepEd)

Also included in the data are learners from State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs), Philippine schools overseas, and those who registered under the Alternative Learning System (ALS).

DepEd data showed the highest number of enrollees was recorded in Calabarzon (Region IV-A) at 3,672,271.

This is followed by Central Luzon (Region III) at 2,753,328 and the National Capital Region (NCR) at 2,597,582.

For ALS, DepEd has recorded a total of 217,631 enrollees so far.

Late enrollment

Meanwhile, DepEd assured that while classes for SY 2023-2024 officially started on Aug. 29, late enrollees will still be accepted in public schools nationwide.

READ:

https://mb.com.ph/2023/8/28/back-to-school-2023-blank-walls-and-persistent-issues

“I believe we should not refuse enrollment,” DepEd Assistant Secretary and Deputy Spokesperson Francis Cesar Bringas said in a press conference during the first day of classes.

“We understand that there are some parents who brought their kids to the province for a long vacation and they are coming back this week,” he explained. “This week, we will still be opening our public schools for enrollment,” he added.

Bringas said that about the enrollment in public schools, it is a policy “not to refuse” learners. ”We cannot disenfranchise a child from an education that is given by the public schools,” he said.

With this, Bringas assured learners, parents, and guardians that late registrants should be accommodated. “We will accept all [late] the enrollees in our public schools,” he added.

The total of recorded registrants this school year were relatively lower compared to last year’s 28 million.

READ:

https://mb.com.ph/2023/8/15/dep-ed-expects-28-million-enrollees-for-sy-2023-2024-1

Despite this, Bringas expressed confidence that enrollment “will normalize” in the next two weeks.

READ:

https://mb.com.ph/2023/8/29/low-enrollment-dep-ed-says-let-s-observe-1

Related Tags

PH EDUCATION DepEd school opening 2023-2024 SY 2023-2024
ADVERTISEMENT
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1561_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1562_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1563_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}

{{ articles_filter_1564_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.mb-article-details { position: relative; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview, .mb-article-details .article-body-summary{ font-size: 17px; line-height: 30px; font-family: "Libre Caslon Text", serif; color: #000; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview iframe , .mb-article-details .article-body-summary iframe{ width: 100%; margin: auto; } .read-more-background { background: linear-gradient(180deg, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0) 13.75%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0.8) 30.79%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000) 72.5%); position: absolute; height: 200px; width: 100%; bottom: 0; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; padding: 0; } .read-more-background a{ color: #000; } .read-more-btn { padding: 17px 45px; font-family: Inter; font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid black; background-color: white; } .hidden { display: none; }
function initializeAllSwipers() { // Get all hidden inputs with cms_article_id document.querySelectorAll('[id^="cms_article_id_"]').forEach(function (input) { const cmsArticleId = input.value; const articleSelector = '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .body_images'; const swiperElement = document.querySelector(articleSelector); if (swiperElement && !swiperElement.classList.contains('swiper-initialized')) { new Swiper(articleSelector, { loop: true, pagination: false, navigation: { nextEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-next', prevEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-prev', }, }); } }); } setTimeout(initializeAllSwipers, 3000); const intersectionObserver = new IntersectionObserver( (entries) => { entries.forEach((entry) => { if (entry.isIntersecting) { const newUrl = entry.target.getAttribute("data-url"); if (newUrl) { history.pushState(null, null, newUrl); let article = entry.target; // Extract metadata const author = article.querySelector('.author-section').textContent.replace('By', '').trim(); const section = article.querySelector('.section-info ').textContent.replace(' ', ' '); const title = article.querySelector('.article-title h1').textContent; // Parse URL for Chartbeat path format const parsedUrl = new URL(newUrl, window.location.origin); const cleanUrl = parsedUrl.host + parsedUrl.pathname; // Update Chartbeat configuration if (typeof window._sf_async_config !== 'undefined') { window._sf_async_config.path = cleanUrl; window._sf_async_config.sections = section; window._sf_async_config.authors = author; } // Track virtual page view with Chartbeat if (typeof pSUPERFLY !== 'undefined' && typeof pSUPERFLY.virtualPage === 'function') { try { pSUPERFLY.virtualPage({ path: cleanUrl, title: title, sections: section, authors: author }); } catch (error) { console.error('ping error', error); } } // Optional: Update document title if (title && title !== document.title) { document.title = title; } } } }); }, { threshold: 0.1 } ); function showArticleBody(button) { const article = button.closest("article"); const summary = article.querySelector(".article-body-summary"); const body = article.querySelector(".article-body-preview"); const readMoreSection = article.querySelector(".read-more-background"); // Hide summary and read-more section summary.style.display = "none"; readMoreSection.style.display = "none"; // Show the full article body body.classList.remove("hidden"); } document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => { let loadCount = 0; // Track how many times articles are loaded const offset = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]; // Offset values const currentUrl = window.location.pathname.substring(1); let isLoading = false; // Prevent multiple calls if (!currentUrl) { console.log("Current URL is invalid."); return; } const sentinel = document.getElementById("load-more-sentinel"); if (!sentinel) { console.log("Sentinel element not found."); return; } function isSentinelVisible() { const rect = sentinel.getBoundingClientRect(); return ( rect.top < window.innerHeight && rect.bottom >= 0 ); } function onScroll() { if (isLoading) return; if (isSentinelVisible()) { if (loadCount >= offset.length) { console.log("Maximum load attempts reached."); window.removeEventListener("scroll", onScroll); return; } isLoading = true; const currentOffset = offset[loadCount]; window.loadMoreItems().then(() => { let article = document.querySelector('#widget_1690 > div:nth-last-of-type(2) article'); intersectionObserver.observe(article) loadCount++; }).catch(error => { console.error("Error loading more items:", error); }).finally(() => { isLoading = false; }); } } window.addEventListener("scroll", onScroll); });
Join Our Newsletters

Sign up by email to receive news.

© 2025 Manila Bulletin The Nation's Leading Newspaper. All Rights Reserved.