Google Sheets Checkboxes with formula - google-sheets

Here's a spreadsheet of my work. The problem is, I'm having trouble with my checkboxes right now. The checkboxes are visible on my spreadsheet, but when I tried to print it, the checkboxes were not printed.
I'm using this formula: =IF(VLOOKUP($C$2,StudData,25,0)="YES","☑","☐")
Should I use the DATA VALIDATION or CHECKBOX options? How can I indicate that when the data is "YES" or "NO," the checkboxes will be marked?

SOLUTION THAT I MADE:
I tried using the DATA VALIDATION with the criteria of checkbox.
And then I modified the formula to =IF(VLOOKUP($C$2,StudData,25,0)="YES","YES","NO").

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