MANILA, Philippines — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III has questioned the need for bar exams and board exams and said he will “probably consider” recommending these professional tests be scrapped altogether.
According to Bello, he urged officials of the Philippine Nurses Association and the Board of Nursing to recommend the non-requirement of board exams for nurses given that they have already gone through piles of examinations in college.
“Bakit pa kailangan ng board exam eh ilang exam ang dinaanan nila sa nursing? Puro na lang exam. Do they not trust these schools where these nurses came from, especially kung ‘yung school na pinanggalingan nila ay accredited by CHEd (Com…
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