EARLY REGISTRATION FOR 2024-2025
CATHLEEN MIRELLA B. ERMITAÑO
7he 'epartPent of (ducation 'ep(d said oYer schools for the incoPing 6chool 'ata on (arly 5egistration showed that learners registered early for the incoPing school year (arly 5egistration refers to the ³pre registration of incoPing .indergarten, *rades learners which takes place prior to the opening of classes ´ $ccording to latest data, , registered for .indergarten *rade and , for *rade 'ep(d 2rder 1o , s , states that (arly 5egistration for incoPing .indergarten, *rades and learners in public schools started on -an to )eb for the 6< $ll public schools that offer basic education nationwide are reTuired to conduct (arly 5egistration for the incoPing school year $side froP incoPing .inder, *rades , , and learners, 'ep(d said that the (arly 5egistration also aiPs to ³locate, identify, and register´ out of school children 26& and youth 26< in the coPPunity who Pay be characteri]ed as liYing with disability ies liYing in an off grid coPPunity liYing in a barangay without a school liYing in a geographically isolated area displaced due to natural disaster liYing in an arPed conflict area liYing in an area with a high leYel of criPinality drug abuse haYing a chronic illness haYing nutritional probleP s YictiP of child abuse, econoPic e[ploitation stateless undocuPented in conflict with the law liYing on the streets and no longer in school but interested in going back to school o2o 7he author is 7eacher ,, at 6an 1icolas ,ntegrated 6chool Pillion learners haYe pre registered in public