METRO SCHOOLS TOP BOARD EXAMS
Universities in Metro Manila dominated the top 10 of the civil engineer licensure examination, which produced more than 2,000 new licensed engineers.
While Mapua Institute of Technology-Manila had six of the top 10 scorers in the exams, De La Salle University-Manila had the most successful examinees—81.9 percent—and was recognized as top performer.
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said the top performing tag was based on whether a school had 50 or more examinees with a passing rate of at least 80 percent.
Out of 6,998 examinees, the PRC said 2,519 passed the board, with Hisham Adiong Sacar of the Far Eastern University-Institute of Technology topping the list with a rating of 94.6 percent.
He was followed by Christian Paul dela Cruz Sanguyo (93.55 percent), Jericson Hernandez Advincula (93.2 percent), Danielle Casurao Tupas (93.1 percent), Dustin Glenn Cuevas (92.9 percent) and Allan Dave Abbariao dela Cruz (92.9 percent), all from Mapua; and Jan Carlo Marcelo Castro (93.2 percent) of the University of the Philippines Los Baños and Robert Piñero Arago Jr. (92.9 percent) of the Central Colleges of the Philippines.
Also in the top 10 are Rusty Villadolid Lapus (92.85 percent) of the Cebu Technological University, Mary Joy Galvez Arita (92.75 percent) of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Archimedes Umblas Martinez (92.65 percent) of Manuel L. Quezon University, Joel Batoon Zulueta (92.55) of University of Baguio and Vinzon Paul Saplala David (92.5 percent) of Mapua.
The examination was held in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga, and was administered by the Board of Civil Engineering composed of engineers Praxedes Bernardo, Pericles Dakay and Romeo Estañero.
The date and venue for the oath-taking ceremony of the new civil engineers are to be announced by the PRC, but it noted that from May 19-25, passers should register for the issuance of their PRC ID and certificate of registration at www.prc.gov.ph.