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DROP IN ENROLLMENT. A teacher at the Cacao Primary School in La Paz, Leyte distributes face masks to her five kindergarten pupils in thisphoto taken on Aug. 22, 2022. Schools in Leyte province have noticed a decline in kindergarten enrollment in remote communities in recent years.(PNA photo by Roel Amazona) TACLOBAN CITY - Schools in Leyte province have noticed a decline in kindergarten enrollment in remote communities in recent years largely due to decreasing birth rate. This was disclosed by the Department of Education (DepEd) - Leyte division after monitoring the trend in several schools in the province. "We asked affected schools to conduct (a) survey to find out the cause of the decline of enrollment in kindergarten classes. Initial information reaching our office points to the reproductive health program of the province," DepEd-Leyte schools division superintendent Manuel Albano said in an interview Thursday. In Cacao Primary School in La Paz, Leyte, the campus register ....