The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday said it is all systems go for the opening of classes today, Tuesday, as the total number of enrollees reached over 22 million for both private and public schools for School Year 2023-2024.
“In general, I can say that it’s all systems go for today’s opening of classes. 100 percent of our schools participated in the Brigada Eskwela to prepare for the opening of classes,” DepEd Assistant Secretary Francis Cesar Bringas said.
As of 2:00 p.m. of August 28, 2023, the DepEd said the total number of enrollees reached 22,676,964 based on the Learner Information System Quick Count.
Most of the enrollees came from Calabarzon with 3,465,598, followed by Central Luzon with 2, 586,926, and the National Capital Region with 2,480,970.
Meanwhile, the Cordillera Administrative Region registered the least number of enrollees at 351,797.
Earlier, the DepEd said that they are expecting 28.8 million enrollees from both private and public schools.
“[This is just an] assumption…based on annual growth rate,” said Undersecretary and spokesperson Michael Wesley Poa.
Poa also said that they would still accept late enrollees.
“Since usual naman po na maraming nag-e-enroll on the first of classes and days after,” Poa added.
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