The Department of Education (DepEd) Davao has recorded almost double the number of preschool enrollees this school year.
Virginia J. Nocos, supervisor for the preschool education program of DepEd Davao City Division, said with the start of the campaign to universalize the kindergarten program, the number of enrollees increased to 13,354 this year compared to the 6,762 preschool children in 2010.
Nocos said the universalization of the preschool education is the first step under the K+12 program of the government which makes kindergarten mandatory as well as adding two years to the current 10-year basic education curriculum with six years of elementary and four years of high school.
DepEd Order No. 37 penned by Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro on May 4 provides that "the inclusion of preschool, currently known as kindergarten in the basic education cycle, making it free and compulsory is presently being considered at the policy level."
Nocos said the program intends to expand the coverage of the kindergarten education through reaching five-year old children who belong to the poorest households.
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