By Vir B. Lumicao
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| Three early finishers pose in front of the venue of the exam |
A total of 470 Filipina domestic workers took the Licensure
Examination for Teachers administered on Sunday, Sept 29, at the Delia Memorial
School
The examination was held amid a tense atmosphere as
anti-government protesters in Hong Kong
scheduled a big rally in Admiralty and other parts of the SAR.
But, despite their review sessions being curtailed by the often
violent protests that are now on their 17th week, the examinees said
the test appeared to be easier this time than previously.
The exam began sharply at 8am, with 237 signed up to take
the exam in the secondary level and 263 in the elementary level. Three of the
473 who registered did not show up.
Armond Englis, an officer from the Cebu PRC regional office
which led the team that administered the test, said everything went smoothly,
from the assembly of the examinees early in the morning to the conduct of the exams.
The Philippine Overseas Labor Office booked 23 classrooms
for the exams at Delia, the venue of the test for the past three years, and
enlisted 46 volunteers to act as proctors and watchers.
At 1pm, Polo Office-in-Charge Antonio Villafuerte and Assistant
Labor Attaché Angelica Suñga paid a visit to Delia and toured the upper floors
of the school where the examinees were answering their test papers.
The PRC said the target release date of results of the Sept
29 LET will be on Nov 29, or 44 working days after the board exams, but
the results may also be out earlier or later without prior notice.
Englis said those who took the elementary-level exam
finished early, with some examinees already done by 9:30 am. He expected the high
school-level exam to finish at around 5pm or 6pm due to its different
components for the majors.
But, apparently indicative of the ease with which they
completed their test, the first few finishers of the secondary-level exam finished
by mid-afternoon.
Among the early finishers was Pema Tepan, who first studied in Tacloban City. She
“Hindi naman mahirap, natapos ko yung Biology in 30
minutes,” Tepan said. She attributed the ease to her giving the subject more
attention during the review.
“Mas marami akong ni-review sa Biology ngayon at yung mga
na-review ay nasa exam. Mahirap ngayon ang Professional Education, puro situational halos.”
Tepan said she could not join review classes offered by a
well-known review center because her day off is Saturday, so she had to do it
online by hooking up to a similar service offered by a reviewer in Tacloban.
The expected protests for the day prompted both examinees
and volunteers from the National Organization of Professional Teachers in Hong Kong to finish and go home early.
Those who volunteered for the elementary-level exam left by
2:30pm, including NOPT president Gemma Lauraya and her vice president Edna
Liboon.
Only those helping administer the high school-level exam
stayed behind until the last examinee had finished.
Most of them said they wanted to make sure they could return
to their employers’ homes early in case MTR stations were shut down.
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