By Rusieljs G. Lunasco

Drone shot of the CPU campus.

To ensure that the delivery of online classes will not be heavy and stressful for students and faculty members, Central Philippine University has transitioned to a hybrid learning schedule for the first semester.

Only the collegiate level will be adopting the new schedule. The School of Graduate Studies and the Colleges of Medicine and Law still keep their regular schedules in holding online classes as well as all the basic education departments.

“It would be difficult for the faculty to teach 9 subjects in one semester which is equivalent to 18 weeks. It was decided that the semester will be divided into 3 sub-terms,” said Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Irving Domingo Rio.

In hybrid scheduling, the semester will be divided into 3 sub-terms of 6 weeks each (or the equivalent number of class days). This means that the students’ subject loads are also divided into 3. Each sub-term will be devoted to one-third of the student’s load or subjects. Example: a student with 7 subjects will take those subjects on a 2-3-2 schedule. For the first sub-term, the student will focus on 2 subjects only, rather than 7 if classes were delivered traditionally. For the second sub-term, the student’s classes will be for his/her 3 other subjects, and the last sub-term will be devoted to the student’s remaining 2 subjects.

Classes will be conducted regularly from Monday to Friday. NSTP/ROTC classes are still scheduled on Saturday. The Hybrid Schedule is reflected in the students’ account at my.cpu.edu.ph.