ADVERTISEMENT
Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider National devider DepEd still 'confident' to reach enrollment numbers last school year

DepEd still 'confident' to reach enrollment numbers last school year

Published Sep 19, 2023 01:29 pm

At A Glance

  • DepEd discontinued the reporting for enrollment quick counts as it shifted to the Beginning of School Year report. 
  • Based on the last quick count as of Sept. 15, enrollment for School Year 2023-2024 has reached 26.9 million. 
  • Last school year, DepEd records showed that <a href="https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/22/over-28-million-learners-enrolled-for-sy-2022-2023-deped/">over 28 million learners </a>were enrolled in basic education. 

An official of the Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, Sept. 19, expressed confidence that the enrollment figures for School Year (SY) 2023-2024 will be “close” to the total number of enrollees last school year.

viber_image_2023-08-29_11-03-06-896.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)

“We are confident that we can still reach close to the number that we had last year because in our quick count, there are still a number of schools in several regions that have not yet uploaded their quick count report,” DepEd Assistant Secretary and Deputy Spokesperson Francis Cesar Bringas said in a mix of English and Filipino at the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon public briefing.

Bringas explained that DepEd has already opened the Learner Information System (LIS) for the Beginning of School Year (BoSY) input.

“Ibig sabihin, na-cut for reporting natin for quick count (This means we already stopped our reporting for the quick count),” Bringas said.

Based on DepEd data as of Sept. 15, the total number of enrollment from public, and private schools; State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) / Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs) that offer basic education; Philippine schools overseas and Alternative Learning System (ALS) has reached 26,912,559.

sept 15 2pm.jpg
(Courtesy of DepEd)

Of this total, Region IV-A had the most registrations, reaching 3,913,016, followed by Region III with 2,956,658 and the National Capital Region with 2,779,389.

Meanwhile, there were 330,578 enrollees under the ALS.

“Whatever our last reported number was, which is 26.9 million enrollees for public and private, including the alternative learning system, our reporting for the quick count has been discontinued because we have already shifted to the reporting of the Beginning of School Year report, from which we will be obtaining the official enrollment figures for this year,” Bringas explained.

He noted that schools have shifted to BoSY reporting, and quick count reporting is no longer possible.

“But we are confident that we are recovering those numbers by the time we finish encoding our Beginning of School Year report into the system,” Bringas added.

He explained that when DepEd has the official enrollment, it will look into the number of Grade 12 completers from last year compared to the number of kindergarten entrants this year.

“Titingnan natin yung variance para ma-account natin kung meron man tayong hindi ma-meet na numbers compared to last year (We will look at the variance to account for any numbers we may not meet compared to last year),” he added.

In SY 2022-2023, DepEd records show that over 28 million learners enrolled in basic education.

During the launch of this year’s Oplan Balik Eskwela (OBE), a high-ranking DepEd official said the department is expecting 28 million students to go back to school this SY.

RELATED STORIES:

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

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

Related Tags

SCHOOL OPENING school opening 2023-2024 enrollment 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.