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Provisions of Related Learning Experiences/Practicum/On the Job Training (OJT)
Basic Principles and Policies

• A general educational tour may be conducted once a year only for junior-senior

students in all Colleges of the University provided it is duly required in the approved
curriculum of the approved programs of the University.

• As much as possible, tours and field trips outside of IFSU compound shall be

scheduled on weekends so that regular classes of students joining the field trip
will not be missed; except when the place/s to be visited will not be opened on

Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, that a field trip schedule can include class days.

• No educational tours shall be conducted off-campus at any time during the
semester. It should only jibe with the scheduled time based on the approved school

calendar or as specified in the curriculum.
• No educational tours shall be conducted off-campus at any time during the

semester except the one scheduled in the school calendar or in the syllabus.

• Special field trips, when duly requested, to laboratory areas/sites as requirements
in a subject as indicated in the course syllabi, may be allowed upon approval of

the University President as recommended by the Vice President for Academic
Affairs/Campus Director;

• Students who cannot afford to participate in the general educational tour and or

field trip shall be given parallel school activity which provides similar acquisition of
knowledge of the required practical competencies and achieves other learning

objectives. Learners with special needs such as Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)

shall be given due consideration.
• Educational tours and field trips shall not be made as a substitute of major

examination for the purpose of compelling students to participate in educational
activities not otherwise compulsory.

• A Proto-type Observation Guide during educational tours and/or field trips must be

required and to be accomplished, giving emphasis on the relevant competencies
and lessons learned from the stated trips.

• The University shall comply with the additional requirements required by CHED
CMO No. 17, s. 2012 on Policies and Guidelines on Education Tours and Field

Trips of College and Graduate Students.

Procedures

General Educational Tour
• A faculty duly authorized by the respective Dean of each College in the University
shall be given designation as Field Trip Coordinator to be in-charge of the conduct
of the Educational Tour and/or Field Trip for the School Year.