The opening of classes in all public elementary and high schools for school year 2023-2024 will begin on Aug. 29, while the annual “Brigada Eskwela” will be conducted from Aug. 14 to Aug. 19, according to the Department of Education (DepEd).
In an advisory on Wednesday, the DepEd said private schools were given the option to start classes on any date starting the first Monday of June, but not later than the last day of August, as provided by the school calendar law (Republic Act No. 11480).
But DepEd has yet to announce how many enrollees are expected in the upcoming school year, but according to a DepEd official, all other grade levels except Kindergarten, Grades 1, 7 and 11, are automatically enrolled.
“Two weeks before opening [of classes, the other] learners only need to confirm their enrollment in the same school for the school to properly plan class programs/sectioning,” Assistant Education Secretary Francis Bringas said in a Viber message to reporters.
There are around 28.4 million learners in 44,931 public schools and 12,162 private schools nationwide were enrolled in the previous school year based on the estimated data of the said agency.
The department also clarified that “school heads, teachers, and other school personnel are strictly prohibited from soliciting or collecting any form of contribution, including but not limited to Brigada Eskwela fees.”
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