25 September 2013, 10:44 p.m. – UST’s passing rate slid in the recent licensure examination for mechanical engineers, and only one Thomasian broke into the top 10 list.
The University recorded a 75.21-percent passing rate in the Sept. 22-23 exams, with 91 out of 121 examinees making the cut, results from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) showed. This was lower than last year’s 84.26 percent, which was equivalent to 91 passers out of 108 examinees.
The University also failed to enter the list of top-performing schools. Last year, UST placed sixth on the list.
Thomasian Stephen Macalinga shared the eighth spot with Edmar Elca of Southern Luzon State University-Lucban.
Batangas State University was named this year’s top-performing school after recording a 100-percent passing rate. Other top-performing schools were University of the Philippines-Diliman, Saint Louis Univesity, Bicol University-Legazpi, Technological University of the Philippines-Visayas, Bataan Peninsula State University-Balanga, and Technological University of the Philippines-Manila.
The PRC requires at least 50 examinees and an 80-percent passing rate to be declared a top-performing school.
The national passing rate went down to 68.87 percent, with 2,201 out of 3,196 examinees passing. Last year’s passing rate was 69.86 percent, equivalent to 2,026 passers out of 2,900 examinees. Lord Bien G. Lelay
Anong akala mo sa course namin? madali?
Ayos naman sa pagsulat kapwa Tomasino! Tila yata negatibo ang perspektibong iyong ginamit sa iyong sulatin. Hindi ba’t may mas POSITIBONG paraan ng paglalahad ng balitang iyan? Hayaan mong bigyan kita ng isang halimbawa,
Why don’t you take an ANY Engineering Course so that your perspective would change? The way you wrote this article is quite degrading. You could have used a “Positive” approach to the news. You don’t deserve to be a Thomasian.
Facts lang naman ang nakalagay sa article, anong negative jan? Ano gusto nyo sabihin ng writer, na mataas ang performance ng Eng’g?? daig pa nga ang UST Eng’g ngayon ng mga provincial colleges. It’s not the school but the students nowadays who are dragging the uni down. Nung panahon ko sa eng 56 out of 57 ang nakapasa sa EE boards at kasama ako sa mga pumasa. Sa ME around 90-95 percent ang nakapasa sa same batch if i am not mistaken. Madami pang nasa top ten. Nung time namin ay center of excellence ang ECE. Pinaghirapan naming pangalagaan ang pangalan ng faculty of engineering pero ngayon parang napabayaan nyo na. Wag nyo idahilang mahirap yan kasi pinagdaanan ko yan. Kung kaya ng mga taga batangas at bataan ang mas mataas na passing rate, mas kaya nyo DAPAT dahil UST kayo. Malaki ang expectation namin sa inyo bilang alumni. Sana naman ibalik nyo ang dating kinang ng faculty of eng na dati naming pinaghirapang pngalagaan.
For your information, UST ME po ang pinakamaraming naproduce na ME ngayong taon. Natural po lamang na madami din ang casualty. Pasalamat na lang po tayo merong pumasok sa top. EE po kayo, nirerespeto namin un. Pero hindi porket may mga bumagsak, ibig sabihin noon ay pinabayaan na namin ang UST ENgineering. Maraming dahilan kung bakit maraming bumagsak, at wala ka don para pagsabihan kami ng ganyan. Hindi porke mataas ung passing rate noong panahon nyo at mababa sa amin ngayon ay pinbayaan na namin ang dangal ngt ating unibersidad. ANg sa amin lang ay gawing positibo naman ang artikolo upang iangat naman kahit papaano ang aming mga dangal. Bilang alumni, yan lang ba ang maiiaambag mo? Porke may mga bumagsak, we drag the universitry down agad? di ba pwedeng bumawi?