Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza says he agrees with Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa's stand in that the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) should relax its rules. ManilaBulletin
Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza says he agrees with Department of Health Secretary Ted Herbosa's stand in that the Professional Regulation Commission should relax its rules.Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza says he agrees with Department of Health Secretary Ted Herbosa's stand in that the Professional Regulation Commission should relax its rules.
Daza, the senior deputy minority leader in the House of Representatives, made this remark as the country deals with shortage of medical professionals especially nurses. It was only last March when the Visayas lawmaker delivered a privilege speech where he highlighted the perennially low passing rate in licensure or board examinations.“Ibig sabihin po, kalahati po ng ating mga examinees sa maraming propesyon ay bumabagsak . What our newly-appointed DOH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said, is correct. The Professional Regulation Commission needs to ‘relax’ the rules," Daza said.
"It’s indeed time that we review barriers [to] employment and one of those is the difficulty in passing board exams," underscored the veteran solon.T"here are solutions—aside from rationalizing the passing rates—such as a 'modular' approach where examiners who failed the board exams but passed in certain subjects need no longer re-take the whole exam,” he said.still problematic in certain aspects but it’s a good start.
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