ALMOST 400,000 students have enrolled so far in Bicol region, the Department of Education said.

“This is an indication of the eagerness of the parents and learners to go back to face-to-face,” DepEd-5 spokesperson Mayflor Marie Jumamil said.

Based on data, 366,114 learners pre-registered, including 23,475 for Kindergarten, 690 for non-graded covering special needs learners, 163,352 for elementary, 125,620 for junior high school and 52,977 for senior high school.

Jumamil said they expect 1.8 million learners to enroll for School Year 2022-2023.

Enrollment will be until August 22.

Although vaccination against Covid19 is not required, parents were encouraged to have their children inoculated.