DepEd Extends Enrollment Period Until July 15.

Manila, Philippines - The Department of Education has announced that they will extend the enrollment period until the 15th of July, the Malacañang Palace announced on Tuesday during a briefing.

The enrollment period for students is set to expire on Tuesday, June 30 according to the Department of Education.

"Ang Mabuting balita po, mga magulang, extended po ang enrollment until July 15"

(The good news, to all the parents, is that the enrollment period has been extended until July). Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque has said this during the media briefing in the Malacañang Palace on Tuesday noon.

"Huwag naman ho hayaan na matigil ang proseso ng edukasyon ng ating mga anak magaman may CoViD-19" (Let us not stop our children's studies even though there's an ongoing CoViD-19 pandemic), he added.

So far, according to the latest data by the Department of Education on the morning of Tuesday, June 30, about 15.9 million students have enrolled at the moment. This is slightly higher than the half of the 27 million registered students during the previous school year, DepEd said.

The latest data also showed that at least 672,403 students have enrolled in private s schools for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year.

Detailed information soon...

A report from ABS-CBN News

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