FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING. Learners at the Dumalneg Elementary School in Dumalneg town, Ilocos Norte practice minimum health and safety protocols as they attend limited in-person classes in this file photo. The face-to-face classes now are in full swing with around 1.26 million learners enrolled. (Photo courtesy of DepEd Tayo Ilocos Norte) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - The Department of Education (DepEd) Ilocos regional office has recorded 1.256 million enrollees for this school year based on its quick count as of September 5. In a forum on Tuesday, Joey Pimentel, statistician at the DepEd Ilocos Region, said of the total number, 1,129,203 were enrolled in public schools; 121,953 in private schools; and 4,949 in state universities and colleges or local universities and colleges. Pimentel said 652,046 are enrolled in kindergarten and elementary; 400,027 are in junior high school; and 204,032 are in senior high school. "The number will still increase as the enrollment is still ongoing as long
PNA file photo MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - The Department of Education (DepEd) has recorded 936,406 enrollees in the Ilocos region for the new school year as of August 12. In an interview on Wednesday, DepEd 1 (Ilocos) Public Affairs Unit head Cesar Bucsit said of the total, 55,736 were enrolled in kindergarten, 405,515 in elementary, 314,139 in junior high, and 161,016 in senior high school. The figure is expected to increase as enrollment is ongoing, he said. Bucsit said the projected enrollees for School Year 2022-2023 in the region are at 1.3 million. Darius Nieto, project development officer of DepEd-1, in a virtual forum on Tuesday, said 96 percent of the enrolled learners have already received their first dose of coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine, while 93 percent have been fully vaccinated. However, only 8 percent have received their booster shot, he said. The DepEd-1, along with the Department of Health - Center for Health Development - Ilocos, has been conducting immunization driv