The Department of Education (DepEd) has reported that 98.37 percent of its target learners have enrolled for the incoming school year, which will open on Oct. 5.

According to data from the DepEd, as of Monday, 24,265,048 learners have enrolled in private and public schools nationwide out of the targeted 27,770,263 learners who enrolled in the previous academic year.

Region 4-A (Calabarzon) logged the highest number of enrollees with 3,355,657, while the Cordillera Region recorded the lowest with 397,612.

Of the total number of learners, 22,205,805 have enrolled in public schools and 2,009,025 in private schools.

As of Monday, the number of private school students who transferred to public schools stood at 398,915.

Of the total number of transferees, some 244,117 are elementary students, 106,143 are junior high school students, 42,058 are senior high school students, and 6,597 are learners with disabilities.

The enrollees were from kindergarten to senior high school, as well as learners with disabilities and those taking the alternative system. (PNA)