May 4
School gingerly opens its doors to unfinished business. Updates, transactions, schedules, and other minutiae left hanging last March 14 can now be given attention. An information desk manned by HR assistant by the gate shall direct you to the skeletal staff in the campus. Be sure to wear a mask.
May 12-15
Signing of clearances shall commence. Signatories to the clearance form shall be present to accommodate you. Remember that clearances are part and parcel of the process of slowly returning to the normality of the pre-pandemic era.
May 18-22
Four days allotted for students and instructors to wrap up the unresolved issues of final examinations, subject requirements, and other classroom matters left moldering since March 14 when everyone had to hastily decamp for hearth and home. UniFAST grantees are strongly advised to complete their requirements as soon as possible.
May 25
Kick-off of college entrance examinations. Tip: the plan to assess enrollees’ reading skills might be implemented this coming school year.
Date to remember: June 1, 2020
‘Mobilization’ of grade school and high school teachers as announced by Education Secretary Leonor Rivera.
— Joaquin O. Arevalo Jr.