Over 50% of aspiring electrical engineers pass licensure exam – PRC

A total of 3,339, or around 58 percent, of the 5,771 examinees, have passed the April 2023 Registered Electrical Engineering (REE) licensure examination, according to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). 

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MANILA, Philippines — A total of 3,339, or around 58 percent, of the 5,771 examinees, have passed the April 2023 Registered Electrical Engineering (REE) licensure examination, according to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

The PRC published on Thursday the results of the REE examination, which Christian Dave Lozano Guevarra from the Rizal Technological University dominated with a rating of 93.25.

Trailing behind in the roundup of highest-scoring REE test takers were:

The top-performing school for the REE licensure examination was Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Sto. Tomas with a 100 percent passing rate, followed by the University of Batangas with 86.67 percent, Batangas State University – Alangilan with 82.9 percent, and Polytechnic University of the Philippines Main – Sta. Mesa with 80.29 percent.

986 new master electricians

Meanwhile, PRC said 986, or at least 42 percent, of the 2,336 takers passed the April 2023 Registered Master Electrician (RME) licensure examination.

Nelvin Dela Torre Galupo from the University of Eastern Philippines – Catarman and Kenneth Christian Tolentino Guiwo from the Isabela State University – Ilagan scored the highest in the RME examination – both with 95 percent.

Also among the best-performing RME test takers were:

There were no qualified schools that reached at least an 80 percent passing rate on the RME test.

The REE-RME licensure examinations, which were conducted on April 25 to 27, were administered in PRC testing centers in Metro Manila, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Calapan, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, Zamboanga, and Palawan.

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