January 27, 2016, 11:54p.m. – A THOMASIAN made it to the top 10 of the January 2016 pharmacy licensure examinations, in which UST significantly improved its passing rate.
Thomasian Patricia Marie Sigua scored 91.28 percent and placed eighth in the top 10, results from the Professional Regulation Commission showed.
The University recorded an 81.43-percent passing rate, with 57 examinees making the cut out of 70. This was a big improvement from last year, when 35 examinees passed the exams out 52, or a 67.3-percent passing rate.
UST ranked fifth on the list of top-performing schools. Top-ranking Saint Louis University of Baguio scored a 98.24-percent passing rate, with 167 passing the test out of 170 examinees.
Mariano Marcos State University-Batac placed second overall with a passing rate of 86.64 percent. Our Lady of Fatima University-Quezon City ranked third with an 84.62-percent passing rate. San Pedro College-Davao City placed fourth with a passing rate of 82.76-percent.
The national passing rate slipped to 54.87 percent with 1,487 examinees passing the test out of 2,710 examinees. Last year, 1,292 made the cut out of 2,295 examinees, or a 56.3 percent passing rate. Dayanara T. Cudal
