LIMITED face-to-face classes have been allowed for five more college degree programs that require hands-on experience, but only in areas under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) announced Tuesday, September 28, 2021.

In a statement, Ched Chairman Prospero de Vera III said Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea issued on September 21, 2021 the authority for face-to-face activities in the following areas:

• Engineering and Technology programs
• Hospitality/ Hotel and Restaurant Management
• Tourism/ Travel Management
• Marine Engineering
• Marine Transportation

• Retrofitting of facilities by HEIs;
• Observance of health protocols;
• Putting up of crisis management committees; and
• Coordination with local government units concerned.