DepEd mulls extending enrollment until July 15

Published June 30, 2020 10:14 AM Updated June 30, 2020 11:12 AM

Education Secretary Leonor Briones said Tuesday they are now mulling extending the enrollment for public schools in the country until July 15.

"Last day na ngayon pero kino-consider namin na  magkaroon ng extension, para ito sa public school…probably up to July 15 sa mga bata na gustong mag-enroll sa public school,” Briones said in an interview over Dobol B sa News TV.

“Kasi malaki ang demand maski nagkaroon ng kalituhan kung kailan (ang pasukan), kami hindi kami nagbabago na ang talagang pag-umpisa ng klase ay August 24,” she added.

Briones said she received requests from parents for the extension of enrollment.

“Marami akong natatanggap na mga request na humihingi ng extension na kung pwedeng i-accomodate ‘yung mga anak nila,” she said.

The deadline for enrollment is June 30 with only around 15 million out of the 27 million expected students who registered.

Around 12 million expected students are yet to be registered on the last day of enrollment, according to the DepEd.

Based on the data given by DepEd Undersecretary Jess Mateo to GMA News Online, the total number of students who have enrolled for the coming school year was 15,686,506, as of 5:30 p.m. on Monday.

The region with the least number of enrollees was Cordillera Administrative Region with 262, 578; followed by the Caraga Region with 416,807; then the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao with 421,582.

Meanwhile, CALABARZON has the most number of enrollees with 2,316,903; followed by Central Luzon with 1,744,169; then the National Capital Region with 1,740,550.

Briones welcomed the number enrollees saying it is a good indication that parents want their children to return to school.

“Magandang senyales ito, magandang balita ito na ang parents talagang gusto nilang mag- aral ‘yung mga anak nila,” she said.

“‘Yung pag extend ng enrollment up to July 15, tignan namin ang movement kasi gusto nating magrespond naman sa parents. Hindi sila agad makapagdecide kung pag-aaralin ang anak o kung saan pag-aaralin. We want to encourage parents to send their children to school dahil  maiiwanan ang mga anak nila,” she added.

DepEd set the first two weeks of June for online enrollment, while the other two weeks for "physical" enrollment, where parents and learners will submit enrollment forms remotely or via drop boxes.—with Joviland Rita/AOL, GMA News
 

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