Published May 21, 2021, 5:50 PM
Effective Academic Year (AY) 2021-2022, West Visayas State University (WVSU) will start its Doctor of Dental Medicine Program (DMD) in line its efforts towards increasing the number of dentists in the country, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Friday, May 21 announced.
(Courtesy of CHED)
CHED Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III said that WVSU will be the “first SUC [State University and College] in Region VI and the second in the country to offer the program.”
De Vera said that “CHED assisted WVSU with funds for the acquisition of equipment and other curricular needs and a three-story building will be constructed to house the youngest college” with the support of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
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New semester sees continued caution on campus reopenings
As a new university semester begins this month in many parts of East and Southeast Asia, still affected by second and third waves of COVID-19, online courses are still common and there is evidence in several countries that students are opting out for the semester until physical classes resume.
Vaccine roll-outs, which began in February in some countries in Asia, have so far had barely any impact on universities which are still implementing special measures for the coming semester and are likely to continue until at least June. These include socially distanced classes, testing and other measures.
Published January 25, 2021 8:44pm The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has approved the return to limited face-to-face classes for students of medicine and allied health sciences as well as universities in areas under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ). According to Ivan Mayrina’s “24 Oras” report on Monday, among the schools that have been allowed to hold limited face-to-face classes are the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila, Ateneo de Manila University, and the Our Lady of Fatima University in Valenzuela. “The president has approved my recommendation to have limited face-to-face [classes] within higher education institutions in medicine and allied health sciences in MGCQ areas and in GCQ areas where the students go into COVID-19 hospitals,” CHED Chairman Prospero De Vera III said.