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CHED eyes vaccination of at least 80% of tertiary students by the end of November

Published Oct 29, 2021 07:53 pm

By the end of November 2021, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is determined to vaccinate against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at least 80 percent of students at the tertiary level nationwide.

Inoculation of student-athletes as part of CHED's vaccination drive for tertiary level (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN)

In a press briefing during the vaccination of students at the Quezon City University (QCU) on Friday, Oct. 29, Chairman Popoy De Vera said that the target vaccination rate of the CHED for college students is set at 70 to 80 percent by the end of next month.

“Our target is to vaccinate all or 100 percent of the students,” De Vera said in a mix of English and Filipino.

READ:

https://mb.com.ph/2021/10/13/ched-eyes-vaccination-of-all-tertiary-students-vs-covid-19/

Currently, De Vera said that 30 percent of students and 70 percent faculty have been vaccinated in universities and colleges nationwide.

Pre-pandemic enrollment in higher education in the country is estimated at three million.

With sufficient COVID-19 vaccines in the country, De Vera said that “supply is the least of our problems.”

In order to fast track the vaccination of college students, De Vera urged Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to establish a “good relationship” with their local government units (LGUs).

“What we have noticed on the ground is that the schools that have good relationships with their LGUs have higher vaccination rates among students and their faculty,” De Vera explained.

He noted that since vaccination is LGU-based, HEIs would need to properly coordinate with the local governments to have their students and faculty vaccinated.

Aside from this, De Vera said the CHED is also planning to increase the number of vaccinators by tapping Medicine and Nursing students for the vaccination drive.

“Maybe in a week or so, we will now issue the new guidelines to allow students in Nursing and Medicine in their fourth year and new graduates to act as vaccinators,” De Vera said.

De Vera said that CHED will also soon release a memorandum to allow Nursing and Medicine students to be deployed to vaccination sites.

READ:

https://mb.com.ph/2021/10/28/ched-to-tap-medicine-students-graduates-to-be-covid-19-vaccinators-in-schools/

This, he added, will not only be exclusive to schools and students but to the respective LGUs so they could augment the manpower to vaccinate people in the community.

De Vera said that at the school level, there will be an inventory of how many students can serve as vaccinators. Then, CHED and the Department of Health (DOH) will discuss this with the respective health offices of cities and municipalities.

Once an agreement has been reached, the CHED regional office so “they can now schedule how many vaccinators can be asked to assist in what facility.”

De Vera assured that Nursing and Medicine students as additional vaccinators will be under the joint CHED-DOH guidelines. “Of course they will be under the supervision of the health professionals,” he added.

The inoculation of QCU students is part of CHED’s vaccination caravan launched early this month which aims to further promote the urgency of vaccinating tertiary students against COVID-19.

READ:

https://mb.com.ph/2021/10/12/ched-launches-covid-19-vaccination-caravan-for-tertiary-level/

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