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Enrollment surpasses DepEd target, last school year's figure

Enrollment surpasses DepEd target, last school year's figure

Jaehwa Bernardo,

ABS-CBN News

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 Students attend their class at the Payatas B Elementary School in Quezon City on the first day of face-to-face classes in all levels, August 22, 2022. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Students attend their class at the Payatas B Elementary School in Quezon City on the first day of face-to-face classes in all levels, August 22, 2022. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

MANILA — The number of students enrolled in primary and secondary schools exceeded the Department of Education's target and the figure from the previous year, official data showed Tuesday.

As of Tuesday morning, 28,797,660 have registered for School Year 2022-2023, higher than the 27.5 million enrollees from the previous year, according to DepEd data.

The figure also surpassed the DepEd's target of 28.6 million enrollees for the school year.

Enrollment surpasses DepEd target, last school year

Calabarzon had the highest number of enrollees among the regions at 3.9 million, followed by Central Luzon with 2.9 million, based on DepEd data.

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The National Capital Region reported the third highest number of enrollees with 2.7 million.

DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa said schools would accept late enrollees as long as they meet 80 percent of the school days for the academic year.

"As long as mayroong matitirang 80 percent sa school days nila as per our academic calendar this year, papayagan pa rin sila mag-enroll," Poa said in a press conference on Monday.

(As long as they still have the remaining 80 percent of the school days per our academic calendar this year, they will still be allowed to enroll.)

Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Monday declared the school opening a "victory," even as schools faced challenges such as classroom shortages, large class sizes, the implementation of COVID-19 safety protocols, and flooding, among others.

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