Enrollment Guidelines for School Year 2024–2025

The Department of Education (DepEd) has released the enrollment procedures and protocols for School Year (SY) 2024-2025 to ensure a smooth and efficient process for all learners. The following guidelines outline the steps and requirements for enrollment in public schools and community learning centers (CLCs).

Enrollment Guidelines for School Year 2024–2025

Key Dates and Procedures

Enrollment Period: Enrollment will take place from July 3 to 26, 2024. The school year will commence on July 29, 2024, as per DepEd Order (DO) No. 003, s. 2024, which amends DO No. 022, s. 2023.

Enrollment Options:

• In-person Enrollment: Visit the school to complete the enrollment process.
• Remote Enrollment: Utilize short messaging services (SMS), messaging applications, or email using the school's official contacts.
• Dropbox Enrollment: Drop completed enrollment forms at designated locations such as schools or nearby barangay halls.

Guidelines for Different Educational Institutions

• Public Schools and CLCs: Follow the above-mentioned enrollment options.
• Private Schools, SUCs/LUCs, and PSOs: These institutions may establish their own enrollment procedures in line with their policies. They must report their official enrollment to their respective schools division offices by July 22, 2024. PSOs should submit their reports to the Private Education Office (PEO).

Enrollment Forms and Requirements

Required Forms:

• Basic Education Enrollment Form (Enclosure No. 1): For Kindergarten, Grades 1, 7, 11, and transferees.
• Confirmation Slip (Enclosure No. 2): For Grades 2-6, 8-10, and 12.
• Modified ALS Enrollment Form (Enclosure No. 3): For all ALS enrollees.

Document Submission Deadline

Submit all required documents by October 31, 2024, as per DO 03, s. 2018. Acceptable documents include PSA Birth Certificates, Birth Certificates (late registration), or Barangay Certifications containing the child’s basic information.

Policies and Campaigns

No Collection Policy: Adhere strictly to DO 19, s. 2008, which prohibits fee collections as a pre-requisite for enrollment in public schools.

Kindergarten Cut-off Age: Enforce the cut-off age as stipulated in DO 020, s. 2018.

Transmission of School Records: Only authorized school personnel are permitted to transmit learner records. Learners and their parents/legal guardians are not responsible for this task.

Advocacy Campaigns: Schools division superintendents and school heads should promote enrollment within their jurisdictions to ensure all school-aged children are enrolled.

Enrollment Guidelines, Basic Education Enrollment Form (BEEF), Revised ALS Enrollment Form and Confirmation Slip for School Year 2024-2025-DOWNLOAD

Contact Information

For further information, contact the Planning Service-Education Management Information System Division at ps.emisd@deped.gov.ph or the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Operations-Field Operations at asec.ops@deped.gov.ph.

Source: DM 32 2024

These guidelines are crucial for the orderly conduct of the enrollment process, ensuring that all learners have access to education for SY 2024-2025. Immediate dissemination and compliance with this memorandum are required.

Enrollment Guidelines for School Year 2024-2025

JUN 25 2024

ENROLLMENT GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2024-2025

To:
Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Minister, Basic, Higher and Technical Education, BARMM
Bureau and Service Directors
Regional Directors
Schools Division Superintendents
Public and Private Elementary and Secondary School Heads
State/Local Universities and Colleges Heads
Philippine Schools Overseas Heads
All Others Concerned

1. This Memorandum is issued to inform and provide guidance to all public schools and community learning centers (CLCs) on the enrollment procedures and protocols for School Year (SY) 2024-2025.

2. Consistent with DepEd Order (DO) No. 003, s. 2024 titled Amendment to DepEd Order No. 022, s. 2023 (Implementing Guidelines on the School Calendar and Activities for the School Year 2023-2024), SY 2024-2025 shall start on July 29, 2024. Hence, the Department of Education (DepEd) announces the conduct of enrollment in all public schools from July 3 to 26, 2024.

3. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, including CLCs, shall be conducted through any of the following options:

a. In-person Enrollment;
b. Remote Enrollment (short messaging services [SMS] or any messaging applications, or email using the school's official numbers/accounts or email addresses, among others); and 

c. Dropbox Enrollment (located in schools, barangay halls near the school).

4. Private schools, state/local universities and colleges (SUCS/LUCs), and Philippine Schools Overseas (PSOs) offering basic education may adopt their own enrollment procedures consistent with their charters/school manuals and applicable DepEd policies. They shall report their official enrollment through their respective schools division offices on or before July 22, 2024. In the case of PSOs, their official enrollment shall be submitted to the Private Education Office (PEO).

5. The Basic Education Enrollment Form (Enclosure No. 1) shall be required for all public elementary and secondary schools for incoming Kindergarten, Grades 1, 7, and 11 enrollees, and transferees while a Confirmation Slip (Enclosure No. 2) shall be required for Grades 2-6, Grades 8-10, and Grade 12 enrollees to confirm their enrollment.

6. The Modified Alternative Learning System (ALS) Enrollment Form (Enclosure No. 3) shall be required for all ALS enrollees.

7. The documentary and eligibility requirements stipulated in DO 03, s. 2018 (Basic Education Enrollment Policy) shall remain in effect and shall be submitted until October 31, 2024. It is reiterated that in the absence of a Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Birth Certificate, the Birth Certificate (late registration) from the local civil registrar or a Barangay Certification containing the basic information of the child such as (a) name of the child (first name, middle name, last name); (b) name of parents; (c) date of birth; and (d) sex, may be submitted.

8. All public elementary and secondary schools shall strictly adhere to DO 19, s. 2008 (Implementation of No Collection Policy in All Public Elementary and Secondary Schools) regarding the authorized but voluntary fee collections. No payment collections shall be made as pre-requisite for the enrollment of learners particularly in the public schools.

9 Authorities of public and private schools are instructed to strictly enforced and implement the Kindergarten cut-off age as stipulated in DO 020, s. 2018 (Amendment to DepEd Order No. 47, s. 2016).

10. On the transmission of school records, only school's authorized personnel shall transmit the learners' records. Schools shall not compel learners and/or their parents/legal guardians to take responsibility in the transmission of learners' records.

11. Schools division superintendents and school heads shall facilitate the conduct of advocacy campaigns within their respective jurisdictions to inform the general public and encourage parents/legal guardians of prospective learners to enroll their school-aged children for SY 2024-2025.

12. For more information, please contact the Planning Service-Education Management Information System Division, 2nd Floor, Teodora Alonzo Building, Department of Education Central Office, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City through email at ps.emisd@deped.gov.ph, and the Office the Assistant Secretary for Operations-Field Operations at asec.ops@deped.gov.ph.

13. Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is desired.

By Authority of the Secretary:
NOLASCO A. MEMPINA 

Undersecretary

source: DM 32 2024