In May 2022, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Board of Civil Engineering announced that a total of 5,836 out of 13,781 examinees nationwide, or 42.35%, passed in the Civil Engineer Licensure Examination given in fifteen (15) testing centers nationwide. John Lewis Lagaña Pabilona of University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos ranked
May 14, 2022
The PRC Board of Mechanical Engineering announced that a total of 2,121 out of 3,780 examinees nationwide, or 56.11%, passed in the Mechanical Engineers Licensure Examination given in February 2022. John Dominic Ape and Janry Custodio of Technological University of the Philippines – Visayas ranked number 5 and number 7 respectively
May 5, 2022
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Board of Midwifery announced that 733 out of 1,559 examinees nationwide, or 47.02%, passed the Midwife Licensure Examination given in 15 testing centers all over the country in April 2022. The Integrated Midwives Association of the Philippines Foundation (IMAP) School of Midwifery from the Region ranked number
April 21, 2022
In the supplemental guidelines to Commission on Higher Education-Department of Health (CHED-DOH) Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 2021-004, on the additional guidelines for the operations of limited face-to-face classes of higher education institutions (HEIs) in areas under Alert Level 1, all state colleges and universities (SUCs), local universities and colleges (LUCs)
April 5, 2022
In September 2021, the PRC released the results of Licensure Examinations for Teachers (LET) given in 26 testing centers nationwide. Four thousand eight hundred eighty-three (4,883) out of 8,726 or 55.96% passed the LET-Elementary. Ten thousand three hundred eighteen (10,318) out of 17,863 or 57.76% passed the LET-Secondary. Western Visayas Region
March 10, 2022
The board performance of schools in various disciplines generally dropped amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Region VI (Western Visayas) produced top-performing schools and examinees in some board examinations. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Board of Medical Technology announced that 67.69% of the examinees passed the Medical Technologist Licensure Examination in January
February 22, 2022
The national priority programs identified in year 2021 were aligned with global innovation platforms of Science, Technology, Engineering, Agri-Fisheries and Mathematics (STEAM). Courses in demand were based on the priority needs of the country during the pandemic and the Philippine Development Plan. These were courses and hard to fill occupations, jobs
February 15, 2022
The most popular universities in the Philippines were identified in the 2021 Philippine University Ranking of 232 HEIs using the uniRank selection criteria based on the valid, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources. There are 18 colleges and universities from Western Visayas included in the ranking:
February 9, 2022
In March 2021, three high school students aged 13, 14 and 16 died of suicide in the province of Leyte after suffering from depression resulting from family and personal problems including poor academic achievement. The school system was too stressful that may have contributed to depression and suicide. The long pandemic
January 28, 2022
In COVID-19 vaccine rollouts around the world in the first quarter of the year 2021, the Asian countries fell behind the West in the race towards herd immunity. The Philippines had been badly affected by the COVID-19 virus and has the second-highest rate of cases in Southeast Asia in March 2021.
January 19, 2022
At the beginning of calendar year (CY) 2021, the gradual reopening of colleges and universities for limited face-to-face classes in the country was implemented. Priority was given to health-related programs, preferably, Medicine, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Medical Technology or Medical Laboratory Science and Midwifery. These are health-related degree programs regarded as vital
January 12, 2022
(Conclusion) Six thousand eighty-six (6,086) out of 11,828 examinees nationwide, or 51.46%, passed in the Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE) given by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Board of Nursing in the 15 testing centers in November 2021. This is lower than the July 2021 NLE performance of 64.6% passing percentage. IA
December 22, 2021
