84.19 percent enrollment target attained so far — DepEd

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education has achieved over 84 percent of its target number of enrollees this year.

“As of Aug. 2, 9 a.m., we have reached 84.19 percent of our target with 23,340,101 learners enrolled out of 27,722,835. We are optimistic in maintaining the momentum in the coming days,” the DepEd said.

Based on the breakdown provided by DepEd, 20,406,884 students are enrolled in public schools while 2,634,760 students are enrolled in private schools; 37,868 students are enrolled in state and local universities and colleges and 260,589 students are enrolled under alternative learning system (ALS).

Per education level, elementary schools have the most number of enrollees with 10,341,997 students, followed by junior high schools with 5,779,363, senior high schools with 2,671,504 and the ALS with 203,501.

Across the regions, Calabarzon currently has the most number of enrolled students at 3,380,178, followed by Central Luzon and National Capital Region (NCR) with 2,470,220 and 2,407,221 enrolled students, respectively.

The Cordillera Administrative Region and the Mimaropa have the smallest number of enrollees at 388,490 and 573,002, respectively.

The new academic year officially started last Monday, though 841 schools nationwide had to defer the opening of their classes due to the widespread damage caused by Typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon.

Of this number, 452 are in Central Luzon, 225 in NCR, 95 in Ilocos region, 66 in Calabarzon and three in Soccsksargen.

The DepEd has yet to release an updated report on the number of schools that have yet to open classes.