By Vir B. Lumicao
Sixty takers or 13% of a total of 460 who took the special Licensure
Examination for Teachers in Hong Kong on Sept
24 have passed, with 52 of them aspiring high school teachers.
A Hong Kong-based OFW who took the exam in the Philippines
also passed, her friends reported.
Only eight or less than 4% of 215 who sat for the elementary
teachers exam made the grade, according to results from all regions released on
Nov 27 by the Professional Regulation Commission.
The very low pass rate indicated that the exam for aspiring
public elementary school teachers this year was very difficult, said Gemma
Lauraya, president of the National Organization of Professional Teachers.
Lauraya said the poor result reflected a similar picture in
the Middle East where only six out of 179 elementary-level
takers passed.
Lauraya said an OFW based in Hong Kong who registered and
took the exam in the Philippines
had informed her that she passed the test. That brings to 61 the total number
of passers from Hong Kong .
The LET passing percentage in Hong Kong this year was much
better than the 9.77% recorded in the exams held at the Bayanihan Center
As in the past, PRC, a unit of the Department of Labor and
Employment, administered the annual test to the Hong Kong
and Macau-based examinees at the Delia Memorial School-Hip Wo campus in Kwun
Tong.
One of the passers of the secondary-level exam was Cyrill
Mariano, who traveled all the way from Macau to take the licensure exam in Kwun Tong.
Mariano and the 60 other passers can now look forward to
joining the country’s public school system to catch the huge demand for
teachers as the government’s Kindergarten to Grade 12, or K-12, program enters its
final stage of implementation.
Education Undersecretary Jesus Mateo had said earlier that
81,000 new teachers’ posts would be added next school year to the country’s
public school system.
Mateo, who spoke on Oct. 28 on the sidelines of a seminar for
would-be teachers in Hong Kong , said the new
positions would be on top of the 55,000 teachers added this school year, the fifth
year of the K-12 program.
The LET passers from Hong Kong
are:
Elementary
Banaag, Rina C.; Cataluna, Manilyn C.; Echevere, Mellie S.; Ignacio,
Arlene C.; Maderazo, Daisy C.; Pandoy, Teresita M.; Solito, Janice P.; Tamot,
Precy E.
Secondary
Adaggan, Glendalyn A.; Alegria, Arlyn A.; Amarillo , Erlyn B.; Amaro, Rosa M.; Arellano,
Mary Jane A.; Attaban, Rose B.; Barcelona, Loradel C.; Baritua, Aphrodite
Ellynne B.; Bascos, Beverly L.; Brazas, Grace P.; Baucas, Rowena C.; Camaddo,
Jennifer B.; Castillo, Melody A.; Castor, Liezel P.; Cutaran, Lorena N.; Dallapas,
Mary Jill K.; Dayag, Jemily L; Esteban, Gelan S.J.; Esplana, Lara V.; Jimenez,
Terry Ann A.; Jimenez, Vanessa B.; Lagrio, Consolacion M.; Latorsa, Ma Cristina
L.; Latumbo, Yakim S.; Legaspi, Kristine C.; Li-boon, Udemie C.; Marcelino,
Mary Ann V; Mariano, Cyrill M.; Mateo, Felicidad S.; Medina, Norlina B.; Medrano,
Babylyn P.; Milo, Marisa D.; Mula, Emilia G.; Novabos, Gideelyn S.; Paquibot,
Ma Lourdes M.; Pasicolan, Mariel A.; Quizzagan, Pinky M.; Regalado, Eda Marie B.;
Renojo, Christine T.; Reyes, Efraim M.; Sanchez, Kaye Colline V.; Sanchez,
Sierramie A.; Semeniano, Arlene V.; Tubongbanua, Jemely A.; Solima, Rowena R.; Sudaria,
Regina R.;
Suposop, Lina T.; Tumampil, Jennifer T.; Uanang, Donabelle D.; Valenzuela, Rose
S.; Villavecencio, Glendyl A.; Vinoya, Dizzy M.;
