PRRD gives nod to limited face-to-face class in maritime programs

Finally, after more than a year, maritime institutions have been given the go signal by President Duterte along with other schools to conduct limited face-to-face classes for qualified students of BS Marine Transportation (BSMT) and BS Marine Engineering (BSMarE) programs.

The impact, however, of the total absence of face-to-face classroom instruction in maritime programs is beyond one and half years. It altered the landscape of maritime education, affecting thousands of students originally scheduled to graduate in academic years 2020 up to 2024, according to CE Alfredo Haboc, member of the STCW Advisory Committee (SAC) and consultant to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).