MANILA, Philippines–Only a total of 5,994 out of 6,344 candidates took and finished the first Sunday of the Bar examination.
Record from the Office of the Bar Confidant showed that 348 candidates were absent last Sunday.
The Bar examination, considered as the most difficult licensure examination, is being conducted every Sunday of October with two subjects per exam.
On the first Sunday, the examinations given were for Constitutional Law and Labor Law. During the examination, two more examinees dropped out.
The second day of examination is on Oct. 12, still at the University of Santo Tomas.
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