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