UST improves in electronics eng’g boards

08 March 2014, 7:26 p.m. – THE UNIVERSITY improved its passing rate in the recent licensure examinations for electronics engineers, with a Thomasian entering the top 10 list of passers.

UST recorded a 61.29-percent passing rate, with 38 out of 62 examinees making the cut, results from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) showed. This was higher than last year’s 50 percent, wherein 28 out of 56 Thomasian examinees passed.

Thomasian Justin Spencer Mamaradlo placed second after scoring 85.70 percent. No Thomasian entered the top 10 list last year.

Despite the improvement, the University again failed to enter the roster of top-performing schools.

University of the Philippines-Diliman was the lone top-performing school this year, posting a perfect passing rate. PRC requires at least 10 examinees and an 80-percent passing rate to be declared a top-performing school.

The national passing rate went down to 35.24 percent, with 907 passers out of 2,574 examinees, from last year’s 37.21 percent, equivalent to 1,177 passers out of 3,163 examinees. Lord Bien G. Lelay