SLU gets go signal for ‘limited face-to-face classes’

Manila, Philippines― Saint Louis University (SLU)-Baguio City is among the 24 higher education institutions (HEIs) allowed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to implement ‘limited face-to-face classes’ starting the second semester of academic year 2020-2021.

Saint Louis University is the only HEI in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) that was included in the list.

According to a press release by CHED, Chairman Prospero de Vera III announced that these colleges and universities passed stringent retrofitting and have fully complied with the guidelines of the Department of Health and the Covid-19 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).

He added that the 3rd and 4th year students may now be able to undergo hands-on training and laboratory classes in a limited face-to-face system as CHED will continue to monitor these HEIs.

Other schools that were able to secure CHED's approval are as follows:

1. Mariano Marcos State University - Batac (Region I)

2. St. Louis University (Cordillera Administrative Region)

3. Our Lady of Fatima University - City of San Fernando (Region III)

4. Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health (National Capital Region-NCR)

5. University of Santo Tomas (NCR)

6. University of East Ramon Magsaysay (NCR)

7. Our Lady of Fatima University - Quezon City (NCR)

8. Our Lady of Fatima University - Valenzuela City (NCR)

9. Manila Central University (NCR)

10. University of the Philippines-Manila (NCR)

11. Adventist University of the Philippines (Region IV)

12. De La Salle Health and Medical Science Institute (Region IV)

13. University of Perpetual Help - Don Jose (Region IV)

14. Our Lady of Fatima University - Sta. Rosa (Region IV)

15. Naga College Foundation (Region V)

16. West Visayas State University (Region VI)

17. Central Philippine University (Region VI)

18. Cebu Institute of Medicine (Region VII)

19. University of Cebu School of Medicine (Region VII)

20. Iloilo Doctors’ College of Medicine (Region VI)

21. University of Iloilo (Region VI)

22. Blancia Foundation College, Inc. (Region IX)

23. Xavier University (Region X)

24. Liceo de Cagayan University (Region X)

Moreover, CHED said selected allied health-related courses like Medicine, Nursing, Medical Technology/Medical Laboratory Science, Physical Therapy, Midwifery, and Public Health, were prioritized “to enable students to achieve key learning outcomes on specialized laboratory courses and hospital-based clinical clerkship/internship/practicum and to provide additional manpower to the country's health system.”

The agency also asked concerned local government units (LGUs) to include in their vaccination list the school faculty, staff, and students who would be involved in immunization drives.

De Vera said CHED is preparing the guidelines for establishing vaccination centers in HEIs, with inputs from the CHED Public Health Experts Group.

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