Central Luzon enrollees breach target

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—More students in Central Luzon have enrolled for the  first batch of Grade 11 classes, surpassing the regional target,  following the extension of the deadline for enrollment.

At least 144,044 students have registered in the K-12 senior high school program as of Friday morning, six days before the June 30 deadline.

This was 3.16 percent more than the 139,631 expected enrollees, according to Malcolm Garma, regional director of the Department of Education.

Garma said the figures indicated that the parents trusted the K-12 educational reform program.

K-12, now on its fifth year of implementation, covers 13 years of basic  education with stages divided into Kindergarten to Grade 3, Grades 4 to 6,  Grades 7 to 10 (junior high school) and Grades 11 and 12 (senior high  school).