CEBU, Philippines - Four education graduates from Cebu City topped the recent Licensure Examination for Teachers supervised by the Philippine Regulatory Commissions which was conducted last September 26 in 15 testing centers all over the Philippines.
In Cebu, the test was conducted at the University of San Jose-Recoletos Basak Campus.
Among the 39,508 examinees for the Elementary Level only 7,737 examinees, or 19 percent, passed. Two of the topnotchers are from Cebu City, Aileen I. Menes from the University of San Carlos and Marie Cris C. Regner from the University of the Visayas.
Menes made it to the top four with an average rating score of 84.6 percent while Regner was seventh with an average of 84 percent.
The top spot for the Elementary Level was shared by Joyce Jackilynn C. Tan of the University of the Philippines-Diliman and Judy Ann K. Baloya from Saint Louis University who both scored 86 percent.
Of the 36,714 examinees for the Secondary Level only 9,493, or 25 percent, passed the LET. Two topnotchers are also from Cebu, Emy A. Espinosa of the University of San-Jose Recoletos and Marven Abello Piera of the University of Cebu.
Espinosa placed fifth with an average of 86.8 percent while Piera placed sixth with an average of 86.6 percent.
Jean M. Mandala Millare of the University of the Philippines-Diliman topped the LET Secondary Level with a percentage rating of 87 percent.
According to the LET exam results only the UP campuses of Diliman, Los Baños and Manila had a passing rate of over 50 percent.
Region 7 Department of Education Director Recaredo Borgonia said in an interview over dyLA, that these set of topnotchers will be prioritized for jobs in Region 7.
Since January about 10,000 available slots for teacher were opened all over the region, about only half have been taken.
Borgonia added the low percentage of the exam passers will not affect the country’s demand for good teachers because there will always be fresh graduates.
These teachers will be hired through their competency based on their LET exam, their English skills and a psychological test. He said that the demand for teachers will never decrease because there is always a vacancy for good teachers. —/BRP (THE FREEMAN)