Three out of five personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) are already vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
DepEd, in a statement issued Friday, Oct. 8, confirmed this noting that almost 60 percent of teaching and non-teaching personnel nationwide “already received their COVID-19 jabs.”
@DepEd_PH says 3 out of 5 or almost 60 percent of teaching and non-teaching personnel nationwide already received their #COVID19 jabs based on the latest vaccination report from the field @manilabulletin
— Merlina Hernando-Malipot (@MB_InaHernando) October 8, 2021
Based on the latest vaccination report from the field, DepEd said that 588,561 or 56.73 percent of teaching and non-teaching personnel either received their first dose or already completed their immunization shots against COVID-19 from their local government units (LGUs).
“I am very pleased to announce that more than half of the workforce of the Department of Education got their COVID-19 vaccine,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones said.
“It goes to show that majority of us want to have a safer school year 2021-2022, especially that we are about to start the limited face-to-face classes,” she added.
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Meanwhile, DepEd noted that around 400,000 its employees are “either registered in their respective local governments and are currently waiting for their schedule or still undecided to be vaccinated for personal reasons.”
The latest report from Regional Focals also showed the “upward trend” of the percentage of vaccinated personnel as DepEd recorded 20 percent vaccination participation in July 2021 --- doubling its number in August 2021 with 40.40 percent.
Undersecretary for Administration Alain Del Pascua explained that the data covering 970,397 personnel from field offices and schools are based on the submissions of the Regional COVID-19 Response/Vaccination Focals to the Bureau of Learner Support Service – School Health Division.
“Again, we are encouraging our teaching and non-teaching personnel to participate in the vaccination program of their LGUs or national government,” Pascua said.
“It is part of our shared responsibility to make sure that our family, friends, learners, and communities are safe,” he added.
DepEd also announced that 286,203 personnel have already used the DepEd Mobile App Vaccination Tracker to self-report their vaccination status.
Officially launched in July 2021, the DepEd Mobile App aims to provide personnel and teachers a hassle-free way of providing their vaccination information as it will no longer require manual data collection in all governance levels.
Pascua, who serves as Chairperson of the DepEd Task Force COVID-19 (DTFC), jointly issued DTFC Memorandum No. 513 with Undersecretary for Field Operations (OUFO) Atty. Revsee A. Escobedo to provide thorough guidelines as to how the regional offices will report the vaccination status of their locality.
Specifically, DepEd requested the breakdown of the vaccination numbers of the 638 identified schools as candidates for the pilot implementation of the limited face-to-face classes in low-risk areas.
Based on the latest data released by DepEd, 59 out of the 638 nominated schools have already been approved to conduct limited face-to-face classes during its pilot run.
A total of 120 schools are being targeted to be included in the pilot implementation of the limited face-to-face classes in low risk areas scheduled to start on Nov. 15 until Jan. 31, 2022.
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