These guidelines shall provide guidance to school heads, teachers, and parents/legal guardians regarding the new enrollment process for SY 2022-2023, which will start on July 25, 2022 to August 22, 2022.
The procedures and policies set forth under these guidelines shall be adopted by all public schools in basic education including Alternative Learning System (ALS). State/Local Universities and Colleges (SUCs/ LUCs) offering basic education and private schools in basic education are encouraged to adopt this policy to their specific contexts.
These guidelines shall apply for SY 2022-2023. The provisions on DO No. 03, s. 2018, which discusses the eligibility and documentary requirements in the registration, tagging, and enrollment-recording protocols shall remain in effect.
READ: DepEd Order No. 35, s. 2022 – DepEd Enrollment Guidelines for School Year 2022-2023
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Enrollment Procedures for School Year 2022-2023
Enrollment for SY 2022-2023 shall primarily be administered through the following:
- In-person enrollment. This may be done in the schools where parents and/or learners can physically process the enrollment while observing minimum health and safety standards (i.e., wearing of facemask, temperature checks upon entry, availability of alcohols, and. physical distance).
- Remote enrollment. This can be facilitated by filling out of the digital forms and sending it through the official email address of the school or through any of the available messaging platforms provided by the school.
- Enrollment through dropbox forms. Parents/legal guardians or the learners may fill out the forms in their homes and physically submit it through dropboxes in the schools where the learners are to be enrolled. Alternatively, schools may establish a dropbox in front of the school, in every Barangay Hall, or in any other visible location where parents and legal guardians can get the printed copy of the BEEF and submit the filled-up Form in the same dropbox.
The School Enrollment Focal Person (SEFP) shall receive all submitted enrollment forms and turn them over to grade level coordinators (if applicable), who shall then distribute them to prospective advisers. Prospective advisers shall encode the Enhanced BEEF (see Annex I) in the LIS Beginning of School Year (BOSY) Facility and register the DOFA of the learner.
Specific Instructions to Parents/Legal Guardians and Enrollees
For in-person enrollment
The parents or legal guardians of Kindergarten, Grade 7, and Grade 11 learners shall communicate/reaffirm their intent to enroll their children to a school of their choice via physical enrollment and submission of the Enhanced BEEF. Learners may also enroll themselves, provided that their Enhanced BEEF are signed by their parent or legal guardian.
Grades 1 to 6, Grades 8 to 10, and Grade 12 learners who have existing accounts in the LIS (i.e., have Learner Reference Numbers [LRNs]) will still need to update their information by filling out the Enhanced BEEF. It is the responsibility of the concerned school personnel to ensure that the updated information is reflected in the LIS.
For remote enrollment (email or any available messaging platform by the school)
Schools shall make the Enhanced BEEF available both in digital and print format. The digital format of the Enhanced BEEF shall be made accessible/downloadable from the websites of the Central Office, Regional Offices (ROs), Schools Division Offices (SDOs) and Schools. It shall also be made available in the LIS Support page. Filled-up digital copy of the BEEF shall be submitted through the official email address of the school which shall be made available by the school authorities or through available messaging platforms by the school.
For Enrollment using dropboxes
Alternatively, schools may establish a dropbox in front of the school, in every Barangay Hall, or in any other visible location where parents and legal guardians can get the printed copy of the BEEF and submit the filled-up Form in the same dropbox. ROs and SDOs shall maintain or activate hotlines that they established during the last year’s enrollment period. They can also set up other communication lines that are dedicated for Oplan Balik Eskwela which will help in disseminating information and responding to queries regarding enrollment procedures.
For ALS enrollees
ALS enrollees may communicate their intent to enroll via digital and/or physical enrollment platforms established by schools and barangays with community learning centers (CLCs). Modified ALS Form 2 (Annex 2) shall be used for this purpose. This form will be made available in digital and physical format. The summary of the ALS enrollment shall be submitted by each mobile teacher to the Education Program Specialist for ALS (EPSA).
Protocol for Enhanced General Enrollment
This section guides teachers and school administrators in determining how to implement the enhanced general enrollment and provides procedures under major stages in this process—pre-data collection, data collection, and data retrieval.
Pre-Data Collection
Designate School Enrollment Focal Person (SEFP), Grade Level Enrollment Chair (GLEC) and ALS Enrollment Focal Person (AEFP)
School heads shall designate an SEFP who will oversee the overall conduct of enrollment in the school, whether in-person or remote. For schools with a higher capacity to accept enrollees, a GLEC may be designated by the school head to facilitate the smooth implementation of enrollment procedures in their respective grade levels. The GLEC shall receive all Enhanced BEEFs and turn them over to prospective class advisers.
All schools are directed to receive all accomplished ALS enrollment forms in their locality. School heads may designate an AEFP, particularly in schools hosting a school-based ALS class. The designated AEFP shall receive all accomplished ALS enrollment forms and shall coordinate with their Division ALS Focal Person in processing the ALS enrollment Forms.
Deadline for submission of documentary requirements
The deadline for the submission of documentary requirements under Section V-A of DO No. 03, s. 2018 shall be on October 31, 2022 for both public and private schools.
Only schools and their personnel shall transmit the learners’ records, whether internally (e.g. between a learner’s previous and incoming class advisers) or externally (i.e. between schools). Schools shall not compel learners and/or their parents/legal guardians to take responsibility in the transmission of school records. This is in accordance with DepEd Order No. 54, s. 2016 (Guidelines on the Request and Transfer of Learner’s School Records).
Option to transmit electronic format/scanned copy of credential document for specific grade levels
For Grade 6 graduates and Grade 10 completers who already enrolled in Grade 7 and Grade 11, respectively, transmission of the scanned copy of Form 137/SF10, together with other supporting or attached document to the receiving school is an option, provided that the request was made thru LIS portal – Tracking/Transfer facility, as instructed in DepEd Order 54, s. 2016 (Guidelines on the Request and Transfer of Learner’s School Records) The school official email (schoolid@deped.gov.ph) shall be used in the sending/receiving of the records by both schools. The option to transmit the scanned credentials/documents through the official email, instead of sending the hard copies of the documents, is also applicable for kindergarten completers who opted to transfer and enroll to Grade 1 in another school. ALS Teachers may also use this option in sending electronic/scanned copies of Portfolio Assessment Passer Certificate for Elementary and Junior HS completers who enrolled in Grade 7 and Grade 11, respectively.
The school/ALS Teacher who receives the scanned copy of document is hereby reminded that there is no need for the originating school to compel the submission of the physical copies of the said requirements.
Disseminate information on enrollment procedures
The DepEd shall disseminate the information on the enrollment procedures to the public through print, social media, radio, and television. Schools shall publish the contact number of schools and/or designated teachers for queries and enrollment procedures.
Parents, legal guardians, and learners may access and download the Enhanced BEEF at the DepEd website or obtain copies of it from the school upon enrollment. While teachers may also download the said form from the Learner Information System (LIS).
Encourage stakeholder participation
The Active participation of stakeholders is crucial to the success of the enrollment process. DepEd shall exhaust all available means to engage stakeholders from information dissemination to the actual conduct of the enrollment.
Parents/legal guardians shall be encouraged to proactively communicate with school authorities during the enrollment period.
Data collection and Reporting
Learners and/or their parents/legal guardians shall use printed Enhanced BEEFs as the main document for enrollment in their school of choice. However, schools may also adopt various means in the collection of Enhanced BEEFs.
Establishment of digital and physical platforms
Schools shall provide specific instructions to guide the submission of the Enhanced BEEF by the parents/legal guardians of prospective enrollees, especially transferees, kindergarten, Balik-Aral and ALS learners who obtained it from enrollment booths/kiosks.
Enrollment Quick Count Reporting
There will be a daily reporting of enrollment count and summary result of Enhanced BEEF and ALS Modified AF-2 from the start of enrollment period until one month after the opening of classes using the Quick Count Facility in LIS. Instruction and system tutorial guide will be made available through the LIS support tab.
LIS Encoding
Enrollment and Tracking in LIS
Following the same process in updating the enrollment status of learners at the Beginning of School Year (BOSY Encoding), the enrollment status of learners in the school’s registry shall be updated based on their SF 9 (Learner Progress Report Card).
For this purpose, the class adviser shall encode collected learner data from the Enhanced BEEF in the LIS.
Public and private schools shall start their encoding/updating of Enhanced BEEF data in the LIS BOSY module starting the first week of opening of classes. All schools are directed to enroll all of their learners who are attending classes.
Transferred Out from Private School with Unsettled Financial Obligation
For learners who moved/transferred out from Private Schools but still have outstanding financial obligations, the receiving public school is instructed to accommodate the learner and assist the parent in the execution of an affidavit of undertaking, as stipulated in DO No. 03, s. 2018. The originating Private School, within thirty (30) calendar days upon receipt of electronic notification of transfer through LIS Portal -Tracking/Transfer Facility, is requested to review the validity of the request and take required action by confirming the transfer request and clicking the unsettled account check box to tag/mark in the system that the learner is just Temporarily Enrolled in the current school, consistent with Section V-C of DO No. 03, s. 2018 which states that such learners “shall be required to submit art Affidavit of Undertaking, signed by parent/guardian in order to be temporarily enrolled”.
To ensure timely and accurate reporting of learner’s movement from one school to another, the Division LIS System Administrator or the Division Planning Officer is reminded to monitor compliance of private & public schools concerned and maintain proper utilization of LIS particularly, the Tracking System which is intended to monitor the physical transfer of learners. Any malicious intent/misutilization of LIS Tracking System that result in delays or in pending transfer transactions between schools shall be reported to the Office of the Schools Division Superintendent for appropriate action, in relation to DepEd Order 14, s. 2016.
Transfer From ALS Program to Formal
The class adviser is directed to enroll the learners in LIS as soon as the latter starts attending classes. Enrollment eligibility and presentation of supporting documents as stipulated in DepEd Order 3, 2018 is still applicable, except for enrollment that requires ALS A&E Certificate, Portfolio Assessment Certificate shall be used for SY 2022-2023.
Transfer From Formal to ALS Program or From ALS CLC to another CLC
The ALS Teachers shall encode the learner’s information in the LIS using the duly accomplished and signed Modified ALS Form 2 with supporting documents establishing the identity of the learner.
Data retrieval
The Central Office (CO) shall retrieve new data pertaining to the Enhanced BEEF from the LIS and process the results. ROs and SDOs shall also be given access and provide monitoring dashboard keep an update to the new data and the processed results in the Quick Count Facility.
Functions and Responsibilities
The table below shows the functions and responsibilities of each governance level during the key stages of the enrollment process:
Governance Level | Pre-Data Collection | Data Collection | Data Retrieval |
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Centra] Office: PS-EMISD ICTS-USD | Policy and planning • Issue guidelines on enrollment procedures Data and resource management • Design the Enhanced BEEF and offline encoding for data collection • Modify LIS to accommodate new data requirements Communication • Provide information materials on the enrollment procedures • Disseminate information on the enrollment | Monitoring • Monitor data encoding in the system Support and assistance • Provide necessary support and assistance to the field | Analysis and evaluation • Retrieve necessary data from the LIS • Process results from the Enhanced BEEF • Assess how these results may inform related policies and programs • Prepare regular enrollment updates for public consumption |
Regional Office: Policy, Planning, and Research Division (PPRD) Quality Assurance Division (QAD) | Policv and olannine • Issue regional policy document echoing national policy as necessary Communication • Disseminate information on the enrollment • Conduct orientation on the enrollment procedures | Monitoring • Monitor data collection and encoding in the system Support and assistance • Provide support and assistance to SDOs | Analysis and evaluation • Access summary of results from the Enhanced BEEF • Assess the implications of results on learning delivery • Prepare regular regional enrollment updates for public consumption |
Schools Division Office School Governance Operations Diuision. (SGOD) | Support and assistance • Print enrollment form and excel template for data collection Coordination and linkages • Coordinate with the LGU on rhe conduct of enrollment Communication • Disseminate information on the enrollment • Conduct orientation on the enrollment procedures | Monitoring • Monitor data collection and encoding in the system Support and assistance • Provide support and assistance to schools/CLCs | Analysis and evaluation • Access summary of results from the Enhanced BEEF • Assess the implications of results on learning delivery. • Prepare regular SDO level enrollment updates for public consumption |
School/CLC | Support and assistance • Ensure that all teachers have facility and assistance in data collection and LIS encodings Coordination and linkages • Coordinate with the LGU on the conduct of enrollment Communication • Disseminate information on the enrollment especially to parents/legal guardians | Monitoring • Monitor data collection and encoding in the system Technical support • Provide support to teachers during data collection and encoding Accountability • School Head shall be responsible for the accuracy of data inputted on both LIS Data Quick Count and LIS BOSY facilities | Analysis and evaluation • Assess summary of results from the Enhanced BEEF • Assess how these results may affect the learning delivery. • Prepare regular community enrollment updates for public consumption |
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