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18.8 million students enrolled for SY 2023-2024: DepEd

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Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Security officers from the Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety check the bags of students using metal detectors at Manuel A. Roxas High School in Quezon City on Feb. 1, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/08/24/20230201-manuel-roxas-school-security-md-10.jpg"/><figcaption>Security officers from the Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety check the bags of students using metal detectors at Manuel A. Roxas High School in Quezon City on Feb. 1, 2023.<em> Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA (UPDATE) — Some 18.833 million students have enrolled in public and private schools for school year 2023-2024, the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Thursday.</p><p>The DepEd said it expects 28 million enrollees for the new school year, which for some private schools has already opened a few weeks ago and will kick off among public schools next week.</p><p>Enrollment in public schools began on Aug. 7, roughly 3 weeks before the Aug. 29 opening of classes.</p><p>Based on the data gathered from DepEd’s learning information system on the enrollees in public and private schools, as well as state universities and colleges (SUCs), Region IV-A or Calabarzon recorded the highest number of current enrollees with 3,114,341.</p><p>National Capital Region followed with 2,354,285 enrollees and Region III with 2,062,981.</p><p>The other regions have the following running total of enrollees so far.</p><p>Region VI – 1,526,802<br/>Region VII – 1,404,062<br/>Region V – 1,147,280<br/>Region XI – 893,564<br/>Region X – 851,759<br/>Region I- 823,703<br/>Region XII – 744,886<br/>Region VIII – 719,147<br/>Region II – 701,506<br/>Region IX – 656,965<br/>BARMM – 572,845<br/>Region IV-B – 533,298<br/>CARAGA – 478,002<br/>CAR – 246,977<br/>Philippine Schools Overseas – 1,541</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2747023" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>The DepEd is encouraging students and parents to enroll ahead of the opening of classes.</p><p>“We accommodate late enrollees although we don’t encourage them to be late para mas efficient ang class programming lalo na sa big schools,” DepEd Asec. Francis Bringas said in a message.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/10/23/adjusted-k-to-10-curriculum-launched-whats-in-whats-out">DepEd launches adjusted K to 10 curriculum with &#x27;mother tongue&#x27; no longer a separate subject</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/08/21/23/deped-defends-duterte-order-to-remove-wall-decors">DepEd defends Duterte order to remove wall decors</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/10/23/dutertes-part-in-curriculum-change-give-drive-to-deped">With no &#x27;education background,&#x27; Duterte admits relying on DepEd experts for curriculum update</a></li></ul><div> </div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2767899" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Some 18.833 million students have enrolled for school year 2023-2024, less than a week before classes open in public schools. 

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18.8 million students enrolled for SY 2023-2024: DepEd

Joyce Balancio,

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Published Aug 24, 2023 03:00 PM PHT

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Updated Aug 24, 2023 04:14 PM PHT

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