MMSU shines anew in teacher, nurse exams

Christmas has come to the MMSU as its graduates registered high passing percentages that made the university as top-performing school in the two licensure examinations administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

These are the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) for elementary level and the Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE) held on September 26 and November 16-17, respectively, in PRC testing centers nationwide.

September 2019 LET

Affirming its reputation as the center of excellence in teacher education, the university emerged anew as the number eight top-performing school in the LET for elementary level.

 

Of the 205 examinees from the MMSU College of Teacher Education (CTE), 176 passed, yielding an overall passing score of 85.85 percent, beating the 31.31 percent national success rate.

 

The university also performed well in the LET for secondary teachers wherein 242 out of 388 takers hurdled the test. Of the 242 passers, 146 are graduates from the CTE, 50 from the undergraduate programs in Batac campus who took professional education courses, and 46 from the College of Industrial Technology. 

 

The groups exhibited passing rates of 76.84%, 59.52%, and 40.35%, respectively. The national passing average stood at only 39.68%.

 

The MMSU passers are among the 28,973 and 54,179 new licensed elementary and secondary teachers in the country, respectively.

 

MMSU became the number nine top-performing school in the LET for secondary teachers in 2018 and number eight in the test for elementary teachers in 2017.

 

November 2019 NLE

BS Nursing graduates put the university in the limelight again, registering a high passing percentage that placed the university as the number 9 top-performing school in the NLE.

 

Of the 139 takers from the MMSU College of Health Sciences, 129 passed, producing an institutional passing rate of 92.81 percent as against the national passing average which stood at only 55.20 percent.

 

These successful examinees are among the 7,627 new registered nurses in the country.


 
MMSU was the number three top-performing school in 2018 and number four in 2017. 
 

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