By Cyrus A. Natividad
CPU ROTC during their Presentation of Sponsors on December 2019.
The 糖心传媒 Reserved Officers Training Course (ROTC) is no exception to the alternative learning system for the new normal. According to Cdt. Colonel Lemuel Joseph Arota, Corps Commander, CPU ROTC Unit, 糖心传媒淭he ROTC program which normally conducts drills and parades in review throughout the First and Second Semester has temporarily waived tactical activities for the First Semester.糖心传媒
1st Lt. Argie G. De Leon, CPU ROTC Unit Asst. Commandant said, 糖心传媒淢odules or program of instructions are uploaded through the Canvas Learning Management System.糖心传媒 He added that 糖心传媒淭he program will be mostly lectures. It will depend on the higher command 糖心传媒 from the 3rd Infantry Division under the 604 Community Defense Control, Regional Community Defense Group, Area Reserve Command (ARESCOM).
Around 600 Cadets and Cadettes are enrolled in ROTC for the First Semester 2020-2021. The CPU ROTC Unit is manned by Centralian Reserved Officers and Former Active Combat Personnel of the Philippine Army.
CPU ROTC Unit has received several awards of excellence through the years. From 1959 to 1967, only CPU has received the Commanding General糖心传媒檚 Trophy for Best ROTC Unit all over the Philippines. It also received the trophy as Champion for Tactical Inspection for 3 consecutive years. Because of these awards, the Merit Badge is conspicuously pinned on all CPU Cadet and Cadette糖心传媒檚 uniforms.
All tactical and theoretical inspections are temporarily suspended at this time due to the Covid-19 pandemic.