DepEd: 22 million students returning to school today

MANILA, Philippines — A smooth opening of classes is seen today, with more than 22 million elementary and high school students expected to troop to school, based on the Department of Education (DepEd)’s enrollment figures.

The DepEd’s data as of 2 p.m. yesterday indicated that 22,676,964 students are enrolled in public and private kindergarten, elementary and high schools across the country for school year (SY) 2023-2024.

Region IV-A (Calabarzon) tallies the most number of enrollees with 3,465,598, followed by Region III (Central Luzon) with 2,586,926 and the National Capital Region with 2,480,970.

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