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Enrollment for SY 2023-2024 reaches 26.3M; DepEd allows late enrollment until September

Published Sep 8, 2023 09:37 am

At A Glance

  • As of Sept. 8, DepEd said the total number of enrollees for the new school year has reached 26,304,338.
  • Late enrollment will still be allowed in public schools until the end of this month, DepEd said. 

Over 26 million learners are now enrolled for School Year (SY) 2023-2024, according to the Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Sept. 8.

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DepEd / MB Visual Content Group

DepEd said the number of students for the current school year continues to increase based on the latest data from the Learner Information System (LIS).

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(DepEd)

As of 2:06 p.m., DepEd said the total number of registered students for the new school year has reached 26,304,338.

Of this figure, the majority of learners have registered in Region IV-A totaling 3,879,738, followed by Region III with 2,877,398, and National Capital Region (NCR) with 2,713,999.

DepEd reported that 288,012 learners have also enrolled in the Alternative Learning System (ALS).

Late enrollment

DepEd Assistant Secretary and Deputy Spokesperson Francis Bringas said that late enrollment will still be allowed in public schools until the end of this month.

“The public schools do not refuse enrolment,” he told reporters in a Viber message.

Bringas said that due to class disruptions, schools, especially in areas affected by the recent typhoons that hit the country, can still accept late enrollees before September ends.

Among the reasons for late enrollment, Bringas said, is the displacement of learners. “Once LIS closes (after the first month) schools will employ child-find procedures to determine reasons for not returning to school,” he explained.

The ALS, he added, will also be an alternative for learners to continue their education “if they are unable to continue formal schooling for some reasons.”

On course

Meanwhile, Bringas said that DepEd is “on course” when it comes to its expected number of enrollees for this SY.

READ:

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

“We will be looking at a final number considering the variance between Grade 12 who graduated and incoming kindergarten, among others,” he explained.

Bringas noted that enrollment numbers are still “moving” because the reporting of the schools to the LIS is not yet complete.

“Once 100 percent of schools have reported, we will close [the enrollment] and we will have the official number for this school year,” Bringas added.

RELATED STORY:

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

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