Admissions Guide

How to Enroll

Prepare the correct documents before enrollment opens so the school can verify learner identity, eligibility, and previous grade completion without delay.

Enrollment Reminder

Submit complete and accurate documents

Birth certificates are submitted once throughout a learner's stay in basic education.

Temporary secondary documents may be accepted when the PSA/NSO birth certificate is not yet available.

Enrollment Schedule

Enrollment shall be conducted one week before the official start and opening of classes, or as directed by the Department.

Learner Eligibility

All learners shall be accepted in basic education, following existing rules that establish learner identity and eligibility.

Confidential Records

Collected documents shall be treated with utmost confidentiality and aligned with Data Privacy provisions.

Document Checklist

What to prepare

The school follows DepEd guidance on enrollment documents. Bring original or accepted supporting documents when applicable.

Grade 7

Eligibility	Required Document
Grade 6 Graduate or Grade 6 Candidate for Graduation	SF 9, formerly Form 138, Grade 6 Report Card
PEPT Passer or A&E Elementary Certification Passer	PEPT or A&E Certificate of Rating, Presentation of Portfolio Assessment Certificate, and PSA/NSO Birth Certificate or accepted secondary document

Grades 8-10 and Transferees

Learner Type	Eligibility	Required Document
Grade 7	Grade 6 Graduate	Grade 6 SF 9, Report Card
Grade 7	PEPT Passer or A&E Elementary Certification Passer	PEPT or A&E Certificate of Rating / PPA Certificate
Grades 8-10	Completion of the last grade level attended	SF 9, Report Card, of the last grade level completed

Follow the announced enrollment schedule

The enrollment period shall be conducted one week before the official start and opening of classes or as directed by the Department. Further, DepEd shall issue supporting memoranda providing specific activities and schedules concerning enrollment.

Prepare eligibility and identity documents

This order adheres to the fact that all learners shall be accepted in basic education. Public and private schools, ALS CLCs, SUCs, and LUCs offering basic education programs shall adhere to existing rules that govern eligibility standards to establish the identity of learners.

All learners shall only submit a Birth Certificate once throughout their stay in basic education from K to 12. If the learner's PSA/NSO birth certificate is not yet available, secondary documents may be submitted upon enrollment, provided that the birth certificate will be submitted once available.

Accepted secondary documents

National ID or any primary government ID, such as driver's license, passport, or postal ID

Certificate of Live Birth from the Local Civil Registry

Marriage Certificate

PhilHealth ID

PWD ID

Barangay certification establishing the child's identity, including name, date of birth, sex, and parents' names

Affidavit of undertaking executed by parents

NSO or PSA Certificate of Foundling, when the learner is determined to be a foundling

Baptismal Certificate

In cases where the PSA/NSO-issued birth certificate is not available at the time of enrollment, any secondary document may be submitted until October 31 of the current school year, as the accuracy of the learner's information is vital for official enrollment data in DepEd.

Additional requirement for transferees

Learners from public or private schools in the Philippines who will transfer shall submit their SF 9, or Report Card, signed by the School Head, or a letter certifying the last grade level the learner completed, signed by the School Registrar. Refer to DO 54, s. 2016 for guidelines on the request and transfer of the learner's school records.