DepEd allows late enrollees until September

DepEd allows late enrollees until September

The Department of Education (DepEd) said that parents can still enroll their children in school until the next month, even though the school year has already started.

The 2018 policy from the DepEd says that a school can let a student join late as long as they can make up 80% of the required number of school days and pass the grade level requirements.

The school may accept late enrollees in accordance with the agency's basic education enrollment policy, which was published in 2018, as long as the student would be able to complete the required 80 percent of school days and the quarterly requirements to pass the grade level. The school head is free to let late enrollees in and do catch-up activities or interventions if the learner can't make it to school for the required number of days and the required number of quarters.

For public schools, the current school year started on Monday, August 22, and will end on July 7, 2023. There are 203 class days in total, with the first-quarter test scheduled for October 27–28.

According to the most recent numbers, more than 28.797 million students have already enrolled in kindergarten, elementary, and high schools across the country. This is more than the agency's initial goal of 28.6 million students and the 27.5 million students who were in these grades last year.

According to DepEd, the figure includes 24.6 million students in its enrollment quick count and an additional 4.1 million who registered during the early registration period that was held earlier this year.

The breakdown of students attending public and private schools has not yet been made public by the agency.

Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said on Monday that the first day of school was a win for students and basic education.

DepEd spokesman Michael Poa stated that no adverse incidents were reported and that the school's opening went smoothly.

He said that the overcrowding of parents was mostly because so many wanted enrollment certificates, which were needed for the Department of Social Welfare and Development's educational support program.