LEGAZPI CITY, June 11 -- The Department of Education in Bicol (DepEd-Bicol) has recorded more than 1.3 million learners enrolled across the region's 13 school divisions, with public schools accounting for 1.2 million students, private schools 92,690, state universities and colleges 567, and the Alternative Learning System (ALS) 9,867.

By level, enrollees include 84,855 in Kindergarten; 314,350 in Grades 1-3; 347,098 in Grades 4-6; 428,728 in Grades 7-10; 176,178 in Grades 11-12; 6,026 in non-graded programs; and 9,867 in ALS.

DepEd-Bicol Planning Officer Mercy Castillo said total enrollment is expected to reach 1.6 million.

"We are expecting more than 280,000 additional students to be encoded in the Learner Information System, since t...