Early registration held in elementary schools

Administrators and teachers in primary schools around the archipelago,

particularly those in the public sector conducted the early registration of
elementary pupils on January 26 in preparation for the opening of classes in
June this School Year (S.Y.) 20!"20#.
$he conduct of the ad%anced registration is in furtherance of the
&epartment of 'ducation(s )ational 'nrolment &ay.
$he initiati%e is to further encourage parents or guardians *ho ha%e
children of school age to enroll their children or *ards in the respecti%e primary
schools in their localities long before the scheduled start of classes to a%oid the
rush of the regular enrolment.
$his is especially rele%ant for those parents or guardians *ho ha%e
children or *ards *ho are incoming +rade , pupils as these learners typically
compose the bul- of enrollees in %arious schools around the country.
,n registering early, parents or guardians are effecti%ely ensuring that their
children or *ards are guaranteed to be able to a%ail of the go%ernment(s free
basic education, particularly, primary teaching, *hich comprises the foundation of
pupils( lifelong learning, *ith the aim of helping them become producti%e citi.ens
of the nation.
/ith the ad%anced enrolment, pupils, especially those *ho are incoming
+rade , learners, *ill be better prepared for the ne* en%ironment that they *ill be
li%ing in as classes open in June.
$hese learners *ould already be e0posed to the basic processes and
intricacies of elementary life and *ould thus ha%e a relati%ely easier e0perience
in transitioning from being toddlers to primary school pupils.
Separation an0iety could therefore be a%oided among pupils as *hat
commonly happens to %ery young children *hen they first enter elementary
school, *here learners are agitated and become emotional *hen their respecti%e
parents attempt to lea%e them by themsel%es.
$he early registration, hence, is another positi%e initiati%e of the &ep'd
to*ards a higher 1uality of education, particularly in the primary le%el.