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Volume 75 Issue 1
JUNE - AUGUST 2022
THE OFFICAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY
CHED consents F2F learning: No full blown in-face classes yet for HAU
by MCGIORGE DAVID
Holy Angel University (HAU) is yet to provide completely integrated in-person classes among higher education, even though classroombased learning is now permitted two years following the pandemic’s onslaught. Chairman Prospero De Vera III, of the Committee on Higher Education (CHED), noted on July 13, 2022, that the commission had authorized
Marcos Jr’s first SONA piggybacked with beefy security measures by MCGIORGE DAVID President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had at least 21,000 state forces behind him in imposing security measures for his first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Thrice bigger than the first SONA of his administration’s predecessor, which only had at least 6,000 security people on duty. According to Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) Secretary-General Renato Reyes Jr, the security measures of this year’s SONA “does not make sense for one who claims to be a majority-elected president.” Reyes also questioned why the President needed to surround himself with a significant number of state forces. He added that the cost of these “unnecessary” security measures will once more be covered by taxpayers. Marcos Jr’s first SONA..., page 03
universities to decide for face-to-face classes this academic year. “Some degree programs really need a lot of face-to-face, especially skills-based programs, while other programs can be delivered via flexible learning. So we are leaving it to the universities to decide what is the appropriate mix,” says the CHED chairperson. In consonance with its mode of learning this academic year, HAU goes
for limited in-person classes for its laboratory courses and major exams among its colleges, including the College of Criminal Justice Education and Forensics (CCJEF), School of Business and Accountancy (SBA), School of Engineering and Architecture (SEA), School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (SHTM), and School of Nursing and Allied Medical Sciences (SNAMS). Although face-to-face instruction
is permitted by CHED, it is not required for higher education institutions to fully implement in-face classes. Not conducive for learning According to a study commissioned by Save the Children Philippines and conducted by the Psychosocial Support and Children’s Rights Resource Center (PSTCRRC), 33% of studentrespondents do not consider their home to be a conducive learning environment
when compared to their schools. Meanwhile, the remaining 67% of the study’s respondents said that online classes are difficult for them. Furthermore, financial difficulties, according to the study, resulted in the youth’s inability to have access to devices and options for online classes, in addition to food inadequacy.
HAU’s Lazatin Medal Awardee says Medal ‘Must Be Reconsidered’ by IZZY DAGUAY Godwin Pring, a recipient of the Lazatin Medal of Excellence, challenges local government units (LGUs) in Angeles City (AC) to reconsider the award’s intent in not just recognizing the most outstanding of students but in tending to the needs of the city’s educational sector. After a rigorous review of the nomination forms submitted by candidates belonging to the top 10% of Senior High graduates, valedictorian Pring was chosen by the University’s selection committee for Angeles City Mayor Carmelo G. Lazatin Jr.’s Medal of Excellence. According to Mayor Lazatin Jr.,
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the awarding of medals of excellence continues the legacy of his father, the late former AC Mayor and Pampanga 1st District Representative Carmelo “Tarzan” Lazatin, in his pursuit of recognizing academic and extracurricular excellence among young students to serve as motives for Angeleños to continue valuing education and to elevate educational projects in the city. Pring has stated that he has found it fulfilling to be among those given citylevel recognition for his dedication and hard work and that the distribution of Medals of Excellence is a great project by the city government to acknowledge HAU’s Lazatin..., page 02
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