MANILA, Philippines — The conduct of professional licensure examinations for July to September this year has been “provisionally” allowed, subject to conditions, Malacañang said Friday.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved the request of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) to conduct licensure exams from July to September.
However, this will be subject to conditions, such as the PRC’s health and safety protocols and the observance of minimum public health standards, the issuance of the PRC-DOH-PNP guidelines, and the community quarantine classification of the concerned areas.
Last year, the PRC postponed the holding of the licensure exams due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
IATF earlier allowed the conduct of licensure exams for May and June.
The PRC earlier said it has scheduled 101 licensure examinations this year to make up for the low number of exams conducted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.