Question & AnswerQ&A (PRC BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS Resolution NO. 228, SERIES OF 1996)
The Board for Professional Teachers is created under the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) as authorized by Presidential Decree No. 223, as amended.
It prescribes the passing general average rating of examinees in the Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers.
No, RA No. 7836, the Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994, does not provide for the passing general average rating of an examinee in the Licensure Examination for Teachers.
Section 6(g) of PD No. 223, as amended, allows Professional Regulatory Boards to determine the passing general average rating subject to the approval of the PRC, if it is not provided for in the law regulating the profession.
An examinee must obtain a general average rating of at least seventy-five percent (75%).
Yes, no rating can be below fifty percent (50%) in any subject to pass the examination.
This rule shall be applicable starting from the August 1996 Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers.
The resolution became effective after fifteen (15) days from its publication in the Official Gazette or any newspaper of general circulation, whichever came earlier.
The resolution was adopted by Chairman Nilo L. Rosas, Members Lucila F. Tibigar, Fe A. Hidalgo, Martha A. Mogol, attested by Secretary Carlos G. Almelor, and approved by PRC Commission Chairman Hermogenes P. Pobre and Associate Commissioners Alfonso G. Abad and Rosalinda D. Evangelista.
Presidential Decree No. 223, as amended, grants the PRC boards authority to determine passing standards subject to Commission approval when such standards are not provided by law.