Schedule of Early Registration for School Year 2020-2021

On January 17, 2020 in Pasig City, DepEd announces the opening of early registration for the next school year 2020-2021 beginning February 1, 2020 to March 6, 2020. This action by the department aims to give way to the celebration of Chinese New Year which falls on January 25 whichnis the 1st saturday of the original schedule of the Early Registration.

Through DepEd Order No. 3, Series 2018, otherwise known as the " Basic Education Enrolment Policy," DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones stated that early registration seeks to locate, identify and register out-of-school children and youth in the community who may be characterized as: living with disabilities, living in off-grid/far flung comunity a barangay without a school,or a geographically isolated area, displaced due to natural disaster, living in an armed conflict area or area with high level of criminality/drug abuse; having chronic illness or nutritional problems; victim of child abuse or economic exploitation; stateless/undocumented; in conflict with the law; living on the streets; and no longer in school but interested in going back to school.

The early registration policy prescribed that registrants must satisfy the following eligibility rules:

For Kindergarten and Grade 1, a Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) or National Statistics Authority (NSO) birth certificate must be submitted,in case of absence, Local Civil Registrar (LCR) birth certificate, baptismal or barangay certificate can be submitted.

Learners must also accomplish the Basic Education Enrolment Form during early registration.

The DepEd's early registration upholds the right of all school-aged learners to enroll and be equally provided with quality, accessible, relevant, and liberating basic education.

Source: DepEd | Office of the Secretary Press Release