STUDENTS who have been excluded from physical classes urged the Commission on Higher Education to allow more programs to hold face-to-face classes.

Students posted their pleas on CHED Chairman Prospero De Vera III’s Facebook page.

“Unfair naman po para sa ibang courses na ‘di nasama lalo na sa education students. Sana nilahat na lang sa college wala sigurong mas sasama ang loob o mas mahihirapan pa lalo, knowing po na may pinayagan at sila hindi mas nakaka-discourage po sa part ng students ‘yun,” one student wrote.

“Paano magtatanim ang mga Future Agriculturist kung binabawal pa nila mag-face-to-face, bakit pwede ba magtanim ng puno sa laptop or cellphone, bakit pwede ba lagyan ng internet connection para tumaba ang lupa? hindi naman ah,” another posted.

The commission initially allowed medicine and nursing students to hold face-to-face classes but later added non-medical courses such as Engineering and Technology, Hospitality/ Hotel and Restaurant Management, Tourism/ Travel Management, Marine Engineering and Marine Transportation.

Meanwhile, the Department of Education identified 100 schools in areas with low Covid risk to hold limited face-to-face classes.