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Enrollment this school year up by 1M – DepEd

November 19, 2021 Arlene Rivera 195 views

THE Department of Education (DepEd) said enrollment in formal basic education has reached 27,232,095 this school year 2021- 2022.

Based on DepEd’s Learner Information System (LIS) enrollment is 1,005,073 or 3.83 percent higher than the 26,227,022 enrollment last school year.

By sector, public school enrollment increased by 1,187,632 or by 5.23 percent from last year’s enrollment. There was a slight decrease in enrollment in private schools, SUCs and LUCs, and Philippine schools overseas (PSOs).

The enrollment data is not yet final, DepEd said. There are still 520 schools – 47 public schools, 437 private schools, 25 SUCs/LUCs and 11 PSOs – that have yet to update their enrollment profile in the LIS. The schools can update their enrollment profile in the LIS up to end-November 2021.

“We have notified the Division Superintendents where the non-participating schools are located to find out the reasons why these schools have not updated their enrollment profile, and to provide assistance in completing the LIS updating if necessary,” DepEd said.

This year, DepEd noted a reversal in the trend on transfer of learners – while there was greater migration from private to public schools last year, this year there was a net migration from public to private schools.

More than 612,140 learners transferred from public to private schools, while more than 305,513 learners transferred from private to public schools, for a net transfer from public to private schools of 306,627.

Alternative Learning System (ALS) enrollment is at 239,616, which is 359,749 or 60 percent less than the 599,365 ALS enrolment last year.

“We are doubling our efforts to increase this number. Enrollment in ALS is on a rolling basis that extends beyond the enrollment period in formal education,” DepEd said.

“We welcome the turnout of the official enrollment. It validates the trend in our quick-count surpassing the enrollment last school year. This confirms our earlier statement that our learners last year continued their participation in formal school this year, and that a considerable number of those who skipped last school year have returned to school,” the agency added.

DepEd said it expects to move close to the enrollment quick count of 28 million with the extension of enrollment updating to end-November. It will release a more granular enrollment analysis after November 30.

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