DoLE issues certificates for successful nursing retakers

MANILA, Philippines — Beginning Wednesday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) will issue certificates to nursing graduates who retook the scandal-tainted June 2006 licensure exams.

A total of 729 or 64 percent of the 1,131 who took the December 2007 DoLE-initiated voluntary retake of tests 3 and 5 passed the examination.

In a statement, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said the schedule of release of individual certificates follows:

• May 7, 2008: Abad — Bendo

• May 8, 2008: Bergado — Dayawon

• May 9, 2008: De Guzman — Ganay

• May 12, 2008: Gantangco — Luna

• May 13, 2008: Lusis — Paderes

• May 14, 2008: Padilla — Saloria

• May 15, 2008: Samia — Zolina

Roque said the certificates will be released from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Office of the Secretary in Intramuros, Manila, upon the presentation of the examinee’s Professional Regulation Commission license.

He said that those who live outside Metro Manila and want to claim their certificates through the DoLE regional offices should register with the nearest regional.

“The DoLE central office shall transmit (in batches) the certificates within three days from receipt of notice from the regional office concerned,” Roque said.

He said proxy claimants or representatives are required to present an authorization letter together with the examinee’s original PRC license and a photocopy of the license for DoLE files.

A total of 402 exam retakers or 36 percent failed to meet the passing grade of at least 75 percent in both Tests 3 and 5.

Roque, however, clarified that the results of the voluntary retake examination will not affect their status as licensed nurses. Those who failed will simply not qualify for US VisaScreen Certificate issued by the United States’ Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS).

The CGFNS announced it would deny VisaScreen Certificates to the 17,000 passers of the controversial June 2006 nursing licensure exams, which spawned Senate inquiries and court cases after it was exposed that some review centers got leaks of tests 3 and 5.

For more details and complete list of the successful examinees, visit the DoLE website. http://www.dole.gov.ph

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