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 photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - A special vaccination week will be held simultaneously in all regions nationwide on September 26 to 30 to increase the country's immunity level against Covid-19. In a media briefing on Monday, Department of Health (DOH) officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said the national government is targeting areas which still has low vaccine coverage through the five-day inoculation drive. "We have computed na kung tayo ay magkakaroon ng intensive effort during this campaign, we will be able to achieve at least five million to 21 million, depende po sa efforts na magagawa natin that time (if we'll have intensive effort during this campaign, we will be able to achieve at least five million to 21 million, depending on our efforts that time)," she said. As of Sept. 4, more than 72.6 million Filipinos have been fully vaccinated. Almost 18.2 million individuals have received their first booster dose and more than 2.3 million got their second bo