8,580 new teachers pass licensure examinations

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has announced the names of examinees who successfully passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers (L.E.T) last April 6, 2008 14 testing centers all over the Philippines and one testing center in Hong Kong.

Registration for the issuance of Professional Identification Card (ID) and Certificate of Registration will be scheduled after the oathtaking.

Oathtaking tickets are available at the Office of Professional Teachers, 3rd Floor, PRC Annex Building for NCR and Region IV passers and for the passers from the other regions at the PRC regional offices.

The top performing schools (with at least 50.00 percent passing percentage) in the April 2008 Licensure Examination for Teachers classified as follows are:

Elementary level

Category A: With 10-99 examinees

1. Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, 13 of 13 passed, 100.00%; 2. University of the Philippines-Diliman, 13 of 14, 93.00%; 3. Saint Louis University, 12 of 13, 92.00%.

Category B: With 100299 examinees

1. Benguet State University-La Trinidad, 55 of 107 passed, 51.00%.

Secondary level

Category A: With 10-99 examinees

1. De La Salle University-Manila, 14 of 14 passed, 100.00%; University of the Philippines-Baguio City, 10 of 10, 100.00%; University of the Philippines-Los Baños, 16 of 16, 100.00%; 2. University of Santo Tomas, 39 of 41, 95.00%; University of the Philippines-Diliman, 38 of 40, 95.00%; 3. University of the Philippines-VisayasCebu City, 14 of 15, 93.00%.

Category B: With 100299 examinees

1. Polytechnic University of the Philippines-MainSta. Mesa, 91 of 144 passed, 63.00%.

List of new Secondary teachers

List of new Elementary teachers

source: Manila Bulletin