DepEd notes low number of enrollees in Eastern Visayas public schools

TACLOBAN CITY- Barely two weeks before the opening of this school year, only more than 405,000 students have been enrolled in all public schools in Eastern Visayas.

With the low number of enrollees, the Department of Education (DepEd) calls parents to enroll their children before the September 13 school opening.

Jazmin Calzita, regional information officer of the DepEd, said that the current number of 405,459 enrollees covering Kindergarten, elementary, junior and senior high is expected to increase before classes start.

“This is just initial as other schools have yet to submit their learners’ enrollment and survey forms,” she said.

The current number of enrollment as of August 31 represents just around 33 percent from the 1.26 million students enrolled in the last school year.

Calzita hoped to address the “challenges” that they encountered during the last school year.

Among these issues were poor internet connection, lack of gadgets, mostly on the part of the students, errors in lessons featured in DepEd television and modules, and even mental issues affecting both students and even teachers, among others