The Negros Occidental Schools Division is all set for the opening of classes on June 1.

The division expects 350,924 enrollees and has adequate classrooms and teachers for the opening of classes,  Anthony Liobet, OIC schools division superintendent, said yesterday.
      “We have adequate classrooms but repairs on some are needed,” he said.

To address this concern the DepEd has allocated P59 million for repairs, that will be distributed to the schools in the six districts of Negros Occidental, Liobet said.

The Negros Occidental Schools Division has more than 8,000 teachers, Liobet added.

  For school year 2015-2016 schools under the Negros Occidental Schools Division are expected to draw 350,924 enrollees with 27,946 in kindergarten, 230,909 in elementary and 92,069 in junior high, he also said.

In 2014-2015,  the division had 347,380 enrollees with 27,600 kindergarten pupils, 228,623 in elementary and 91,157 in junior high school, Liobet said.

Meanwhile, the DepEd  has initially allocated P300 million for  the construction of more classrooms in Negros Occidental for the implementation of senior high school, that starts in school year  2016-2017.
Negros Occidental Schools Division  will need 1,166 new classrooms and 1,750 additional teachers for senior high school that is expected to draw  46,680 students in the Negros Occidental Schools Division, Liobet said.

In preparation for senior high,  classroom construction  will begin this year, with Negros Occidental initially allocated 332, Liobet said.

The DepEd has announced that school year 2015-2016 swill begin Monday, June 1, and end Friday, April 1, 2016. The school year will consist of 201 school days, inclusive of the five-day In-Service Training break, it said.

Private schools may deviate from this school calendar, but may not start classes earlier than the first Monday of June and not later than the last day of August, as provided in Republic Act No. 7797 entitled An Act to Lengthen the School Calendar from 200 days to not more than 220 class days, the DepEd said. They should notify the appropriate DepEd officials in advance regarding any deviation, it added.*CPG

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