TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan - - Over 35,000 tertiary students were back to school in the first week of the 2022-2023 school calendar year at Cagayan State University. 

University President Urdujah G. Alvarado said all of the nine campuses have staged their respective welcoming programs for their students who were back to school after two years of online studies, including the more than 11, 000 freshies. 

"The opening was very festive. Both students and teachers were so excited for the start of this school year," Alvarado said.

She said, for the first-year students alone, Carig Campus has the highest number of enrollees with 4,126; followed by Andrews Campus with almost 1, 942; Aparri with 1, 584 and Sanchez Mira with more than 1,027 students while other campuses have hundreds of enrollees to include Gonzaga with 684, Lallo - 534, Piat - 474, and Lasam-401, while the newly opened Solana Campus has also registered 357 pioneer students. 

Alvarado, however, clarified that the university still implements a blended mode of learning in which they only allow full face-to-face for laboratory classes but for other courses, they implement online and limited face-to-face. 

She also assured that health protocols will strictly be followed for face-to-face classes, especially the observance of physical distancing and wearing of facemasks. 

"There are school officials who are incharge of looking into the strict compliance of the health protocols within the campus. Wearing of facemask is a must in the university," Alvarado added. 

The university president also assured that the facilities as well the faculty needs of the students are in place and enough to provide quality education to the learners. (JKC/OTB/PIA Region 2)