07 November 2013, 2:00 p.m. – THE UNIVERSITY emerged as the second top-performing school in the recent licensure examination for librarians, with a Thomasian entering the top 10 list of passers.
UST posted an 81.82-percent passing rate as 36 out of 44 Thomasian examinees made the cut. This was a slight increase from last year’s 81.58-percent passing rate, in which 31 passed out of 38 examinees.
The University trailed behind University of the Philippines-Diliman, which obtained a 97.30-percent passing rate.
Leading the new batch of Thomasian librarians is Ma. Victoria Acuña, who shared the 10th spot with Juan Paolo Balao of the University of the East-Manila. Both recorded identical scores of 85.80 percent.
The national passing rate, however, went down to 45.80 percent or 382 passers out of 834 examinees, from last year’s 46.67 percent. Lord Bien G. Lelay
