Parents and guardians of incoming Kindergarten and Grades 1, 7, and 11 learners in public schools may now enlist the names of the children as the Department of Education (DepEd) opens the Early Registration period for School Year (SY) 2024-2025.
In a memorandum signed by Undersecretary for Administration Nolasco Mempin and Assistant Secretary for Administration and Planning Service Officer-in-Charge Noel Baluyan dated Jan. 22, DepEd instructed its local officials including regional directors, schools division superintendents, regional planning officers, division planning officers, school heads, and all others concerned, to monitor the conduct of the Early Registration for the incoming school year.
Citing DepEd Order No. 03, s. 2018, DepEd said the Early Registration for incoming Kindergarten, Grades 1, 7, and 11 learners in public schools started on Jan. 27 to Feb. 23, 2024 for the SY 2024-2025.
As stated in Paragraph V, Enrollment Procedure of DepEd Order (DO) No. 03. s. 2018 titled “Basic Education Enrollment Policy,” DepEd said the conduct of the Early Registration for the said grade levels in public schools shall start from the last Saturday of January to the last Friday of February of each year.
DepEd also issued reminders for all public elementary and secondary schools during the conduct of Early Registration.
As per DepEd, all public elementary and secondary schools shall update or encode daily in the Early Registration facility in the Learner Information System (LIS) using the school head or school administrator account.
Public elementary and secondary schools also need to use print or electronic copies of the Basic Education Enrollment Form (Revised as of March 27, 2023) to ensure that necessary information in registering incoming Kindergarten, Grades 1, 7, and 11 learners, and other data, are “properly captured.”
DepEd also reminded public elementary and secondary schools to encode in the Early Registration facility, the prospective enrollees for other grade levels such as Grades 2 to 6, 8 to 10, and 12 based on the previous school enrollment to “get the overall picture of the expected enrollees for the next enrollment.”
“Preferably, the conduct of the early registration shall be done through face to face transactions with the schools,” DepEd said. “However, the schools may continue to implement other options or means of collecting early registration forms,” it added.
DepEd also instructed authorities of public and private schools to “strictly enforce and implement” the kindergarten cut-off age as stipulated in DO 020, s. 2018 (Amendment to DepEd Order No. 47, s. 2016).
Schools division superintendents and school heads, DepEd said, shall facilitate the conduct of advocacy campaigns within their respective jurisdictions to inform the general public and encourage School Children (OSC) and parents/guardians of prospective learners to participate in the Early Registration for SY 2024-2025 by posting relevant materials in conspicuous places, and making announcements on local televisions and radio broadcasting stations.
“Lastly, private schools are encouraged to conduct their respective early registration activities within the same period,” DepEd said.
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