(DepEd file photo)
by Merlina Hernando-Malipot, Manila Bulletin
Over 16 million learners have already enrolled for the incoming school year, the latest data from the Department of Education (DepEd) showed.
Data as of Aug. 5 from the Learner Information System (LIS) for School Year (SY) 2022-2023 showed that there are now 16,029,252 registered students for the incoming school year.
Region IV-A still has the largest number of enrollees with 2,367,246; followed by the National Capital Region with 1,870,470, and Region III with 1,591,722.
Per grade level, Kindergarten has the most number of enrolled learners with 1,060,138 followed by Elementary (Grades 1 to 6) with 7,376, 586.
There are 5,179,673 enrollees in Grades 7 to 10 (Junior High School) and 2,412,855 learners in Grades 11 and 12 (Senior High School).
DepEd opened the enrollment for public schools on July 25. Enrollment will continue until Aug. 22, 2022, which is also the first day of classes as announced by DepEd.
Meanwhile, DepEd continues to encourage parents and guardians to enroll their children as soon as possible.
To ensure the safety of everyone, DepEd schools are implementing various enrollment methods which include in-person, remote, and dropbox enrollment.
For the Alternative Learning System (ALS), DepEd said that learners can now enroll in-person or online.
In a recent press conference, DepEd recognized that the opening of classes “will not be without challenges.”
Despite this, the agency remains optimistic that these challenges would be addressed by working together.
From Aug. 22 to Oct. 31, DepEd said that schools will be allowed to implement blended learning.
However, all schools offering basic education are expected to have transitioned to five days in-person classes starting Nov. 2, 2022.
