July 2011 Nurse Licensure Examination Result - July 2011 Nurse Board Exam Result

GMA is like Pontius Pilate who did the same thing, to punish the innocent Jesus just to please his constituents & hold his power..

The UNJUST leaders like Dante ANG, Nursing Deans, UST faculty 7 others are like the high priests in Jesus time, pressuring Pilate (GMA)to crucify the INNOCENT (Jesus & the 2006 passers).

History does repeat itself after all...

Michael Angelo Brant was NEVER a SUMMA cum laude of UST batch 2006. He is, however, a cum laude. I would just like to clarify this on behalf of my fellow Thomasians. The ABC-CBN made a mistake on their report in Bandila. Still, I know it doesn't change the fact that he failed. Again, I'm just clarifying things.

hay naku, mawawala nga ang cheating sa nursing board exam, pero may mga mandaraya pa rin sa gobyerno, sa pangunguna pa rin ni president (kuno) arroyo. samahan pa ni dante ang. wala ring kuwenta, walang pagbabago, dapat ang paglilinis simulan sa ulo.

The announcement of Malacanang that it will order a retake of the nurses' licensure examination is a belated but welcome development. The examinees, whose fate has been in a state of suspended animation since June 2006 and whose anxiety has been growing day by day because of the irresoluteness with which the PRC-BON handled the leakage issue, are now finally receiving a clear response.

But it is imperative for Malacanang to define the details of its order. The examinees and other concerned stakeholders do not know yet if the retake will be of the entire examination or only the fraud-plagued portions. Hopefully, the government will clarify its position as soon as possible to allay the angst of the examinees..

When PRC-BON prematurely released the examination result on 19 July, the stakeholders got divided into two camps- those who wanted a retake and those who did not. It was unfortunate that the public's attention was diverted from the complicity of the guilty. The division was so pronounced that the Cordillera-based group which exposed the fraud in the exams wrote a letter to the President of the Philippines appealing that Her Excellency step into the fray. They informed the President that only she could resolve the impasse. While Malacanang was studying the issue and as PRC was stubbornly clinging to its ill-conceived position that there be no re-administration of Test III and Test V, the stakeholders got more polarized. The polarization among the ranks of nurses and examinees and even the public, progressed to such a state that it had the potential of totally mangling the nursing profession. Thus last week, 27 "flunkers", 7 passers, 5 deans and former deans of nursing schools, and several respected members of the nursing profession were constrained to invoke the power of the judiciary. They instituted a petition with the Court of Appeals asking it to declare that PRC acted with grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction in managing the leakage issue. They also asked the court to nullify the resolution of the Board of Nursing which became the basis of the computation of scores of the examinees. That resolution is a telling proof of the PRC-BON's unprecedented manipulation of the scores of the examinees, casting serious doubt on the credibility of the exam result.

Malacanang's position is an affirmation of the PRC's mishandling of the examination and the fraud that attended it. The nurses and examinees who embraced and relentlessly advocated the unpopular stand for retake as the only course of action to reclaim the integrity of the nursing profession can now breathe a sigh of relief. Theirs is a moral and legal victory that they truly deserve. That GMA ordered a retake is an acknowledgment, in no equivocal language, that the result of the 2006 licensure examination is not credible. We maintain that it is not, not only because of the erroneous statistical treatment applied by PRC-BON in computing the scores (as detailed in the petitions pending with the Court of Appeals) but more because PRC's questionable actions on the leakage completely obliterated the integrity of the licensure examination. The primary victims here are the examinees who did not participate in the cheating. We maintain, as stated in the latest CA Petition, that there can never be a win-win solution for the examinees. A retake is unfair, but not to retake is more so. The examinees deserve every the chance to wave a license untainted with questions on their competence. Such questions are not imagined. They are real. They come from the public that consumes the health service provided by the nurses. They come from the local employers. They come from the overseas employers.

We are not abandoning our position that the PRC Commissioners must resign to restore fully the integrity of the nursing profession and to save the other Philippine professions from suffering the misfortune it (nursing) did. Every action of the PRC served to worsen the leakage issue. In fact, what started as a manageable issue progressed to a scandal of international magnitude because of PRC's (mis)handling of it.

CORA AÑONUEVO (Professor, UP Manila); DR. CECILIA LAURENTE (Former Dean, UP College of Nursing); DR. ERLINDA PALAGANAS (Director, UP Baguio Institute of Management): DR. JOSEFINA TUAZON (Dean, UP College of Nursing); ELNORA NOLASCO (Convenor, Alliance of Nurses and Student Nurses for Relevant Education and Service-ANSWER) DR. MARY GRACE LACANARIA (Nursing Dean, St, Louis University); DEAN RUTH THELMA TINGDA (Nursing Dean of Easter College, and Governor of PNA Region I and CAR), NORENIA DAOAYEN (President, Philippine Nurses Association-Baguio Chapter); FELY MARILYN LORENZO (Director, National Institute for Health, UP-Manila).

FROM THE LAWYERS

The "retake order" of Malacanang may have rendered moot and academic the CA petition's prayer for the re-administration of Test III and Test V. But the petition itself, to our view, has not been mooted because said re-administration is not its only subject matter. We will not slacken in our determination to establish that PRC-BON acted with grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction. We will pursue the case to the finish until all the issues are addressed by the Court.

It is hoped that the action of Malacanang will not end with the order of retake. Under the law, it is only the President who has the power to remove or suspend the members of the Board of Nursing and the PRC Commissioners whose incompetence in dealing with the leakage scandal heightened its adverse effects on the nursing profession. Considering the magnitude of their offense and ineptitude and their impact on the Nursing profession both local and international, as well as the agony caused upon the examinees, their parents, and the nursing schools, Malacanang should not give them the kid-glove treatment.

There is a pending clamor in the Nursing Profession for all the Commissioners of the Professional Regulatory Commission to resign or be removed by the President because of their mishandling of the problem which makes them unfit to further stay in office. First, even with proof of leakage before their eyes, PRC Commissioners issued a statement that there was no leakage on the simple ground that there was no Complaint under oath. Under the law, PRC can motu proprio (on its own) investigate allegations of leakages and other examination anomalies, meaning, it does not have to wait for the filing of a formal complaint under oath. This function/duty, the PRC failed or refused to perform. Second, even after receipt of the verified complaint, PRC did not immediately conduct investigations or if it did, these were closed door. Third, the PRC initially declared that there were 20 questions in Test III and 90 questions in Test V that were leaked. This later turned out to be inaccurate because there were 25 and 100 questions respectively. Fourth, even after the determination that there were leakages of this magnitude, the PRC did not invalidate the examinations. Worse, PRC manipulated the computation of the grades of the examinees, and, after computing, published the names of the examinees who passed under the manipulated computation. Worst, despite the pendency of the investigation and the knowledge that an initial petition was filed before the CA, PRC proceeded to administer oaths to the examinees.

Considering the situation obtaining, the administration of oaths could have been held in abeyance until all the issues surrounding the questioned examination would have been resolved. The reason for the existence of the PRC as an office is to act as an alter ego of the President, and, as such it can and should act on its own on matters that are within its jurisdiction. The PRC failed. The Commissioners chose to fence sit and wait for the President to act. While there is a good reason for the existence of the PRC and it should not be abolished, the case of the Nursing Board Exam leakage is a substantial proof that the incumbent PRC Commissioners have no reason to further stay in office for even 1 day.

It is hoped likewise that the Office of the Ombudsman take the cue from the action by Malacanang in resolving the Criminal Complaint filed against the two Board Examiners. We also hope that the NBI will expand its investigation and include the PRC Commissioners in its inquiries.

ATTY. GEOFFREY D. ANDAWI, ATTY DOMINGO T. AÑONUEVO, ATTY. CHERYL L. DAYTEC-YAÑGOT

I believe that GMA and PRC Chair Leonor Tripon-Rosero are acting out a poorly written script.

Just imagine the scene: GMA orders a retake of the leaked portions of the June 2006 board exam for nursing. Immediately, her personal dentist Rosero announces to the nation that she would listen to no one but the court. The always combative GMA lets the comment pass. She does not castigate her dentist who is her alter ego under the PRC Modernization Law. Is this a dream? Where is the GMA who publicly berated Dep Ed Secretary Fe Hidalgo for claiming that our public school system is suffering from acute dearth of classrooms and facilities?

GMA has been soft on the PRC head since day one. The leakage issue was a manageable one, but Rosero’s mishandling caused it to metamorphose into a scandal of international magnitude. It embarrassed the nation. It spawned untold turmoil on the examinees and their families. There is no doubt that Rosero’s head must roll. It should have rolled a long time ago.

But then again, one should not wonder why Hidalgo and Rosero were not similarly treated by GMA. Hidalgo was on the side of truth while Rosero was and still is on the opposite side. We know which side this administration will support as shown by recent events.

And because of the irresoluteness with which the government dealt with fraud and the personalities who started it and who aggravated its impact, we are still on a stalemate. The real victims here, aside from the nursing profession whose integrity has been shattered, are the innocent examinees. Whether it is retake or no retake, there is no “win-win” solution for them. It is unjust to require them to retake an examination where they did not cheat. It is also unjust to prevent a retake because retake is the only option that will result in the elimination of the stigma engendered by PRC’s mismanagement of the mess. A license clouded by doubt on the competence of the holder is a useless one. It will not put food on his/her table, as the employers made loud and clear.

The victims will retake. Some will do it gladly and are thankful for the decision. More will do it grudgingly and may even blame the Cordillera-based whistleblowers- who are actually unsung heroes though not everyone realizes this yet- for instituting the action that called attention to the cheating, the action that challenged this government to take either the side of righteousness or iniquity. These victims cry for what approximates justice- the guilty must be punished - and be punished soon. The PRC officials who exacerbated their woes should go- and go fast!


CHERYL L. DAYTEC-YAÑGOT
Counsel for the “Baguio Braves” who exposed the leakage
St. Louis University, Baguio City
E-mail address: chytdaytec@gmail.com

I believe that GMA and PRC Chair Leonor Tripon-Rosero are acting out a poorly written script.

Just imagine the scene: GMA orders a retake of the leaked portions of the June 2006 board exam for nursing. Immediately, her personal dentist Rosero announces to the nation that she would listen to no one but the court. The always combative GMA lets the comment pass. She does not castigate her dentist who is her alter ego under the PRC Modernization Law. Is this a dream? Where is the GMA who publicly berated Dep Ed Secretary Fe Hidalgo for claiming that our public school system is suffering from acute dearth of classrooms and facilities?

GMA has been soft on the PRC head since day one. The leakage issue was a manageable one, but Rosero’s mishandling caused it to metamorphose into a scandal of international magnitude. It embarrassed the nation. It spawned untold turmoil on the examinees and their families. There is no doubt that Rosero’s head must roll. It should have rolled a long time ago.

But then again, one should not wonder why Hidalgo and Rosero were not similarly treated by GMA. Hidalgo was on the side of truth while Rosero was and still is on the opposite side. We know which side this administration will support as shown by recent events.

And because of the irresoluteness with which the government dealt with fraud and the personalities who started it and who aggravated its impact, we are still on a stalemate. The real victims here, aside from the nursing profession whose integrity has been shattered, are the innocent examinees. Whether it is retake or no retake, there is no “win-win” solution for them. It is unjust to require them to retake an examination where they did not cheat. It is also unjust to prevent a retake because retake is the only option that will result in the elimination of the stigma engendered by PRC’s mismanagement of the mess. A license clouded by doubt on the competence of the holder is a useless one. It will not put food on his/her table, as the employers made loud and clear.

The victims will retake. Some will do it gladly and are thankful for the decision. More will do it grudgingly and may even blame the Cordillera-based whistleblowers- who are actually unsung heroes though not everyone realizes this yet- for instituting the action that called attention to the cheating, the action that challenged this government to take either the side of righteousness or iniquity. These victims cry for what approximates justice- the guilty must be punished - and be punished soon. The PRC officials who exacerbated their woes should go- and go fast!


CHERYL L. DAYTEC-YAÑGOT
Counsel for the “Baguio Braves” who exposed the leakage
St. Louis University, Baguio City
E-mail address: chytdaytec@gmail.com

HOY KUNG SI YANGOT TALAGA bisita sa gabbly, pwede ba pakita ka sa amin, SISIPAIN TALAGA KITA. hero hero hero ba yan??!!! wag kang mag feeling hero ah.