THE Department of Education expects the number of students for School Year 2023-2024 to swell once the final tally from late enrollees will come in.

“Ang Kinder, Grades 1, 4, 7 and 11 lang kasi ang kailangan mag-register talaga. Kaya tayo may early registration para sa kanila. Other grade levels, pre-registered na agad,” DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa told reporters.

“Let’s observe til Monday next week kung ano ang figures. May mga suspended rin kasi classes today due to Typhoon Goring and flooding,” he added.

As of August 30, there were 23,854,471 students who enrolled, based on data from DepEd’s Learner Information System.

For SY 2022-2023, the DepEd recorded 28,035,042 enrollments nationwide.