RP's best and worst bared
By Delon Porcalla
The Philippine Star 05/29/2005
A congressman bared a list of the country's best and worst
yesterday to help guide parents on where to send their children
aspiring to enter the profession.
"We are making this list available so that parents may be guided
accordingly, so as to avoid sending their children to deficient
whose graduates have at best lost the chance of passing the
licensure tests," said Catanduanes Rep. Joseph Santiago.
Santiago said the list had been "culled from the records" of the
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), the agency that administers
licensure examinations, and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED),
the agency that supervises such higher learning institutions.
The lawmaker said he had been prodding CHED to evaluate "all
nationwide based on the performance of their graduates in professional
licensure and eligibility tests, and to put the ratings in the
newspapers for all to see."
Santiago said that out of the 55,744 school graduates who took
licensure examinations from 1999 to 2003, only 27,345, or 49 percent,
passed the exams to become registered nurses.
Included in the 20 best-performing were UP-Manila with
a passing percentage of 99 percent; St. Paul College-Iloilo and
Silliman University, 98 percent; University of Sto. Tomas, 97 percent;
West Visayas State University, 96 percent; St. Louis University-Baguio
and Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, 95 percent; Southern Luzon
Polytechnic College, 91percent; Trinity College and Cebu Doctors'
College, 89 percent; Mountain View College, 88 percent; Remedios
Romualdez Memorial School-Manila and University of the East-Ramon
Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, 85 percent; St. Paul
University-Tuguegarao, 84 percent; Velez College Cebu, San Pedro
University-Davao and Cebu State College, 82 percent; De la Salle
University-Dasmari�as and La Salette-Santiago, 81 percent; and
Romualdez Medical Foundation, 80 percent.
Among the worst were Mapandi Memorial College at nine
percent; Gallego Foundation Colleges, 15 percent; Galang Medical
Center, 17 percent; Unciano Colleges, 18 percent; Good Samaritan
Colleges, 19 percent; Lipa City Colleges, Immaculate Conception
College-Albay, Mabini Colleges and St. Gabriel College-Kalibo, 20
percent; Notre Dame of Jolo College and Philippine College of Health
and Sciences, 21 percent; Golden Gate Colleges, Northern Christian
Colleges and Tecarro College Foundation, 22 percent; Dr. P. Ocampo
Colleges, De Ocampo Colleges and World Citi Colleges-QC, 23 percent;
San Pablo Colleges and Medina College, 24 percent; and City College of
Urdaneta, 25 percent.
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By Delon Porcalla
The Philippine Star 05/29/2005
A congressman bared a list of the country's best and worst
yesterday to help guide parents on where to send their children
aspiring to enter the profession.
"We are making this list available so that parents may be guided
accordingly, so as to avoid sending their children to deficient
whose graduates have at best lost the chance of passing the
licensure tests," said Catanduanes Rep. Joseph Santiago.
Santiago said the list had been "culled from the records" of the
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), the agency that administers
licensure examinations, and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED),
the agency that supervises such higher learning institutions.
The lawmaker said he had been prodding CHED to evaluate "all
nationwide based on the performance of their graduates in professional
licensure and eligibility tests, and to put the ratings in the
newspapers for all to see."
Santiago said that out of the 55,744 school graduates who took
licensure examinations from 1999 to 2003, only 27,345, or 49 percent,
passed the exams to become registered nurses.
Included in the 20 best-performing were UP-Manila with
a passing percentage of 99 percent; St. Paul College-Iloilo and
Silliman University, 98 percent; University of Sto. Tomas, 97 percent;
West Visayas State University, 96 percent; St. Louis University-Baguio
and Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, 95 percent; Southern Luzon
Polytechnic College, 91percent; Trinity College and Cebu Doctors'
College, 89 percent; Mountain View College, 88 percent; Remedios
Romualdez Memorial School-Manila and University of the East-Ramon
Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, 85 percent; St. Paul
University-Tuguegarao, 84 percent; Velez College Cebu, San Pedro
University-Davao and Cebu State College, 82 percent; De la Salle
University-Dasmari�as and La Salette-Santiago, 81 percent; and
Romualdez Medical Foundation, 80 percent.
Among the worst were Mapandi Memorial College at nine
percent; Gallego Foundation Colleges, 15 percent; Galang Medical
Center, 17 percent; Unciano Colleges, 18 percent; Good Samaritan
Colleges, 19 percent; Lipa City Colleges, Immaculate Conception
College-Albay, Mabini Colleges and St. Gabriel College-Kalibo, 20
percent; Notre Dame of Jolo College and Philippine College of Health
and Sciences, 21 percent; Golden Gate Colleges, Northern Christian
Colleges and Tecarro College Foundation, 22 percent; Dr. P. Ocampo
Colleges, De Ocampo Colleges and World Citi Colleges-QC, 23 percent;
San Pablo Colleges and Medina College, 24 percent; and City College of
Urdaneta, 25 percent.
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