New dates, reschedule March and April 2020 cancelled PRC board exams

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) will announce the new schedule or dates of March and April 2020 cancelled board exam after the resumption of operations or upon the lifting of the quarantine period.

PRC on March 11 cancelled the scheduled board examamid the threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 922 dated March 8, 2020 declaring a State of Public Health Emergency throughout the Philippines

The postponement of the following licensure examinations/assessments is "to further ensure the safety of the examinees and employees of the PRC": Assessment for Foreign Medical Professionals, Physician Licensure Examination (PLE), Medtech licensure exam, Licensure Exam for Teachers (LET), Electronics Engineer and Electronics Technician (ECE-ECT), Registered Electrical Engineers and Registered Master Electricians (REE-RME), Pharmacist and Midwife exams.

The "enhanced community quarantine," which is effectively a total lockdown, in Luzon including the National Capital Region (NCR) was ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte on March 17. It will expire at 12 am of April 13, 2020.

PRC advised that during this period, they adopt "a work-from-home arrangement and skeletal workforce whenever appropriate, until April 12, 2020 or upon the lifting of the Enhanced Community Quarantine Period."

Stay tuned on this section for the rescheduling of cancelled board exam:

Name of Examination	Original Schedule	New Schedule
Qualifying Assessment for Foreign Medical Professionals	March 14, 2020
Physician Licensure Examination (PLE)	March 15-16, 2020
Medical Technologist (Medtech) board exam	March 18-19, 2020
Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET)	March 29, 2020
Electronic Engineers and Electronic Technicians (ECE and ECT) board exam	April1-3, 2020
Midwifery board exam	April 5-6, 2020
Registered Electrical Engineers and Registered Master Electricians (REE and RME) board exam	April 14-16, 2020
Pharmacist board exam	April 26-27, 2020

Possible extension of community quarantine

Studies suggest that the country is only at the beginning of this COVID-19 crisis. Dr. Darwin Bandoy of the College of Veterinary Medicine at UP Los Baños said that the reported cases will only peak in the last week of June 2020

While the country is currently containing the spread of COVID-19 in our lockdown efforts, note that a nightmarish explosion of cases could still occur once quarantine is lifted up mid-April 2020, according to Dr. Jomar Rabajante of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics at the University of the Philippines (UP) Los Baños.

The government might have to enforce prolonged and more stringent lockdown for the succeeding months. 

The World Health Organization (WHO) also said that the needed vaccine may come up after one year and six months or in 2021 due to safety approvals.



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