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New school year kicks off for millions of students

Millions of students returned to schools on Tuesday following a nearly two-month break. 

According to the Department of Education, a total of 22,676,964 students had already registered for the School Year 2023-2024 as of 2 p.m. on August 28.

Photo: Ryan Baldemor/RepublicAsia

The figure includes data from public and private schools, as well as state universities and colleges/local universities and colleges. 

Region IV-A has the highest number of enrollees with 3,465,598, followed by Region III (2,586,926) and the National Capital Region (2,480,970).

The school year will end on June 14, 2024. 

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