Alarm raised over 3 million drop in school enrolleesKindergarten students introduce themselves during the first day of classes at Pinyahan Elementary School in Quezon City on August 29,2023. MANILA, Philippines — ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro expressed alarm over the three million drop in the number of enrollees for this school year, calling on Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte to explain the worrisome trend. Based on the Department of Education’s Learner Information System (LIS), the total number of enrolled students as of Sept. 6 is 25.9 million, or three million short of DepEd’s 28.8-million enrollment target for school year 2023-2024. Once LIS closes after the first month, schools will employ child-find procedures to determine reasons for not returning to school,” he said. Meanwhile, the National Nutrition Council (NNC) said children aged 2 have been left out of the government’s national feeding program.

Source: Philippine Star September 07, 2023 22:01 UTC