DepEd: Over 23.8 million have so far enrolled

More than 23.8 million students have so far enrolled as the school year 2024 to 2025 went into its second week, data from the Department of Education (DepEd) showed.

Some 23,845,025 have enrolled or 86.10% of the 27.6 million who did so in 2023 to 2024. The DepEd is targeting a total of 27,722,835 enrollees this school year.

Based on DepEd’s latest monitoring report, 20.8 million students were enrolled in public schools, 2.6 million in private schools, 280,736 in Alternative Learning System (ALS), and 38,277 in state and local universities and colleges (SUCs/LUCs). 

Regions-wise, Calabarzon still recorded the most enrollees at 3.4 million, followed by Central Luzon with 2.5 million, and the National Capital Region with 2.4 million. 

The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), meanwhile, logged the least number of enrollees at 392,708.

During the opening of School Year 2024-2025 on July 29, Education Secretary Sonny Angara earlier said that students who have not enrolled yet still have time to do so until September this year. 

“Well, usually naman continuous enrollment pa rin ‘yan eh. Karamihan diyan nage-enroll three to four weeks bago pasukan at bukas pa ‘yan ‘til September,” Angara said. 

(Usually, the enrollment period is continuous. Many of them have already enrolled three to four weeks before the opening of classes, and the enrollment is still open until September.) 

A total of 42 schools in Malabon City have yet to open classes as heavy rains started pouring again last night which resulted in flooding in some areas in the city. —NB, GMA Integrated News