JOSEPH NOEL M. ESTRADA
ON April 19, 2018, Education Secretary Liling Briones signed DO 20, series of 2018, which, among other things, resolves the entrant age cut-off issue affecting kindergarten completers of Schoolyear 2017-2018 and the incoming kindergarten pupils for SY 2018-2019. Today, the 20-day temporary restraining order issued by the court expires and there was no need to apply for a writ of preliminary injunction because of this recent development. However, the main case for a permanent injunction on DepEd Memorandum 454 still remains.