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
PNA file photo MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - The Department of Education (DepEd) in Ilocos Region said 503 more public and private schools in the region have been added to the expansion of limited face-to-face (F2F) classes. In a phone interview on Tuesday, DepEd Ilocos Region Public Affairs Unit head Cesar Bucsit said 166 of these schools have begun their limited F2F classes since the last week of February and the first week of March, while 377 of them have yet to start. Under the progressive expansion of F2F classes in Pangasinan, Buscit said 18 schools are in Alaminos City, Pangasinan, eight in Pangasinan DepEd Division 1, 13 in Pangasinan DepEd Division 2, 10 in San Carlos City, and nine in Urdaneta City. In Ilocos Norte, 34 are in Batac City, five in Laoag City, and 19 in Ilocos Norte DepEd Division; while in Ilocos Sur, 35 in Candon City, one in Vigan City, and 14 in Ilocos Sur DepEd Division. He said of the schools which are yet to start F2F classes in Pangasinan, 27 are from Alaminos
F2F CLASSES. Learners in San Carlos City, Pangasinan attend classes in person starting Feb. 21, 2022. Some 10 schools in the city were allowed to conduct expanded limited face-to-face classes amid the pandemic. (Photo courtesy of San Carlos City Information Office) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - Some 77 public schools in the Ilocos Region have joined the expanded limited face-to-face (F2F) classes starting February 21. In a virtual press conference on Tuesday, Department of Education (DepEd) Ilocos regional office planning officer Pedro Jose Cudal said the schools are in addition to the 20 that piloted the limited F2F in the region in November 2021. Of the total number, 32 schools are in Ilocos Norte, 39 in Pangasinan, and six in Ilocos Sur, he said. "Some have already expanded their grade level coverage as before, the pilot areas for limited F2F only cover kindergarten to grade 3 but now, they may cover kindergarten to grade 12 depending on the school's capacity," Cudal said. D
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