Nursing leak nationwide
Nursing leak nationwide
5 new witnesses come forward
By Juliet Labog-Javellana, Christine Avendaño
Inquirer
Last updated 06:53am (Mla time) 10/07/2006
Published on page A1 of the October 7, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
IT NOW appears that the cheating in the June nursing licensure examination (NLE) was not confined to Luzon but was nationwide in scope, and involved not just two but four subjects of the five-part exam.
Five nursing graduates from Baguio City who took the board exam have come forward to claim that questions in Tests I and II—covering fundamentals of nursing practice and maternal and child health nursing, respectively—had been leaked to them.
The ongoing investigations are focused on the leak of questions for Tests III and V.
The five nursing graduates have submitted their affidavits to the National Bureau of Investigation.
This information was disclosed to the Inquirer by Rene Luis Tadle, president of the Faculty Association of the College of Nursing of the University of Sto. Tomas.
“We might actually call for a retake of all the tests. The retake should be for all [examinees], not only those from Luzon but also those from the Visayas and Mindanao,” Tadle said in a phone interview.
He later issued a statement saying that the cheating in the June 11-12 nursing exam was widespread and not confined to Luzon.
Entire exam
Tadle called on President Macapagal-Arroyo to order a retake of the entire exam and by all 40,000 examinees.
“On the basis of the above [information], we call on the President to act firmly and without vacillation to order a retake of Tests III and Test V, and, if necessary, on the basis of this new evidence, order a retake of all the five tests,” he said.
Tadle also appealed to Ms Arroyo “not to make this a political issue.”
He said: “The NLE was compromised as a result of the leakage; do not compromise it further by listening to influence peddlers who advance a no-retake or selective retake just to gain political votes. Retake for all is the only and imperative way to restore the integrity and credibility of the [NLE] as well as all professional licensure examinations in this country.
“We also call for the resignation of all the commissioners of the Professional Regulation Commission who are responsible for this mess and who, up to this time, cling like leeches to their position.”
5 witnesses secured
Tadle said one of their professors and an NBI agent traveled to Baguio three days ago after getting wind of the information on the leak of questions in Tests I and II.
He said that the five new witnesses had been “secured,” and that their affidavits were submitted last night to the NBI in Manila.
Tadle quoted the five graduates as saying that they got 50 questions for each of the two tests. He said some leaked questions also appeared in the other tests.
“Equally important is the fact that the source of the leaked questions was two review centers that so far have not figured prominently in this NLE leakage controversy, but nevertheless have branches or conducted in-house reviews in the Visayas and Mindanao,” he said.
He declined to name the review centers concerned.
Tadle said the leak was not confined to Luzon because the “well-known review center” involved in it had branches nationwide.
“The well-known review center involved in the controversy has different branches or subsidiaries in different parts of the country,” he said.
He said that based on an advertisement that appeared in the Inquirer on July 22, the Gapuz Review Center had produced 33 of the 70 examinees who landed in the Top 10.
Tadle also said that Gapuz provided in-house review to the Riverside College of Nursing in Bacolod City, which, he noted landed four of its students in the Top 10.
He said Eufemia Octaviano, the chair of the Board of Nursing that prepared the questions, used to be the dean of Riverside, which got a 48-percent passing rate in the NLE.
Final decision
Tadle said the leak could be nationwide because Gapuz and other review centers had centers all over the country.
Based on the ads, Gapuz has 16 centers, its subsidiary Millennium has 15, Pentagon has two, and St. Louis has 10, he said.
Malacañang, which has been criticized for its flip-flop stance on the controversy, has ordered the NBI to immediately wrap up its inquiry preparatory to a final decision by the President on the issue of the retake.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita yesterday said Ms Arroyo and her Cabinet would make the final decision after a special meeting on Tuesday.
He said he expected an announcement to be made on Tuesday or Wednesday regarding the fate of a draft executive order by Labor Secretary Arturo Brion that recommended a retake.
“There is a Cabinet meeting just on this issue on Tuesday, so we told the Department of Justice to tell the NBI to finish its report by Monday. The NBI will be asked to give a report on the result of its investigation on the leakage [on Tuesday],” Ermita told reporters.
The NBI was scheduled to submit its report on or before Oct. 15.
On Thursday, Ms Arroyo met with Ermita, Brion, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez and PRC Chair Leonor-Tripon Rosero.
“We took a look at the problem again so we can come up with a final solution,” Ermita said of the meeting at the Palace.
Asked about Brion’s statement on Thursday saying Ms Arroyo had sufficient powers to order a retake without waiting for the ruling of the Court of Appeals on a pending petition, Ermita quoted the labor secretary as saying that his remarks “may have been taken out of context.”
“I told him to give a clarificatory statement. That’s what I advised him,” Ermita said.
But Ermita’s disclosure that Malacañang intended to announce by next week its final decision on the controversy appeared to indicate that officials were not anymore waiting for the CA ruling.
The appellate court had earlier imposed a temporary restraining order on the mass oath-taking of the exam passers.
Gonzalez told the Inquirer by phone that the Palace was hoping the CA would issue its ruling by next week as well.
He said he did not know whether a consensus was reached on whether to wait for the court ruling or not because he had left the meeting.
But he said he had argued that the Palace should await the ruling before coming out with an executive order.
5 new witnesses come forward
By Juliet Labog-Javellana, Christine Avendaño
Inquirer
Last updated 06:53am (Mla time) 10/07/2006
Published on page A1 of the October 7, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
IT NOW appears that the cheating in the June nursing licensure examination (NLE) was not confined to Luzon but was nationwide in scope, and involved not just two but four subjects of the five-part exam.
Five nursing graduates from Baguio City who took the board exam have come forward to claim that questions in Tests I and II—covering fundamentals of nursing practice and maternal and child health nursing, respectively—had been leaked to them.
The ongoing investigations are focused on the leak of questions for Tests III and V.
The five nursing graduates have submitted their affidavits to the National Bureau of Investigation.
This information was disclosed to the Inquirer by Rene Luis Tadle, president of the Faculty Association of the College of Nursing of the University of Sto. Tomas.
“We might actually call for a retake of all the tests. The retake should be for all [examinees], not only those from Luzon but also those from the Visayas and Mindanao,” Tadle said in a phone interview.
He later issued a statement saying that the cheating in the June 11-12 nursing exam was widespread and not confined to Luzon.
Entire exam
Tadle called on President Macapagal-Arroyo to order a retake of the entire exam and by all 40,000 examinees.
“On the basis of the above [information], we call on the President to act firmly and without vacillation to order a retake of Tests III and Test V, and, if necessary, on the basis of this new evidence, order a retake of all the five tests,” he said.
Tadle also appealed to Ms Arroyo “not to make this a political issue.”
He said: “The NLE was compromised as a result of the leakage; do not compromise it further by listening to influence peddlers who advance a no-retake or selective retake just to gain political votes. Retake for all is the only and imperative way to restore the integrity and credibility of the [NLE] as well as all professional licensure examinations in this country.
“We also call for the resignation of all the commissioners of the Professional Regulation Commission who are responsible for this mess and who, up to this time, cling like leeches to their position.”
5 witnesses secured
Tadle said one of their professors and an NBI agent traveled to Baguio three days ago after getting wind of the information on the leak of questions in Tests I and II.
He said that the five new witnesses had been “secured,” and that their affidavits were submitted last night to the NBI in Manila.
Tadle quoted the five graduates as saying that they got 50 questions for each of the two tests. He said some leaked questions also appeared in the other tests.
“Equally important is the fact that the source of the leaked questions was two review centers that so far have not figured prominently in this NLE leakage controversy, but nevertheless have branches or conducted in-house reviews in the Visayas and Mindanao,” he said.
He declined to name the review centers concerned.
Tadle said the leak was not confined to Luzon because the “well-known review center” involved in it had branches nationwide.
“The well-known review center involved in the controversy has different branches or subsidiaries in different parts of the country,” he said.
He said that based on an advertisement that appeared in the Inquirer on July 22, the Gapuz Review Center had produced 33 of the 70 examinees who landed in the Top 10.
Tadle also said that Gapuz provided in-house review to the Riverside College of Nursing in Bacolod City, which, he noted landed four of its students in the Top 10.
He said Eufemia Octaviano, the chair of the Board of Nursing that prepared the questions, used to be the dean of Riverside, which got a 48-percent passing rate in the NLE.
Final decision
Tadle said the leak could be nationwide because Gapuz and other review centers had centers all over the country.
Based on the ads, Gapuz has 16 centers, its subsidiary Millennium has 15, Pentagon has two, and St. Louis has 10, he said.
Malacañang, which has been criticized for its flip-flop stance on the controversy, has ordered the NBI to immediately wrap up its inquiry preparatory to a final decision by the President on the issue of the retake.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita yesterday said Ms Arroyo and her Cabinet would make the final decision after a special meeting on Tuesday.
He said he expected an announcement to be made on Tuesday or Wednesday regarding the fate of a draft executive order by Labor Secretary Arturo Brion that recommended a retake.
“There is a Cabinet meeting just on this issue on Tuesday, so we told the Department of Justice to tell the NBI to finish its report by Monday. The NBI will be asked to give a report on the result of its investigation on the leakage [on Tuesday],” Ermita told reporters.
The NBI was scheduled to submit its report on or before Oct. 15.
On Thursday, Ms Arroyo met with Ermita, Brion, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez and PRC Chair Leonor-Tripon Rosero.
“We took a look at the problem again so we can come up with a final solution,” Ermita said of the meeting at the Palace.
Asked about Brion’s statement on Thursday saying Ms Arroyo had sufficient powers to order a retake without waiting for the ruling of the Court of Appeals on a pending petition, Ermita quoted the labor secretary as saying that his remarks “may have been taken out of context.”
“I told him to give a clarificatory statement. That’s what I advised him,” Ermita said.
But Ermita’s disclosure that Malacañang intended to announce by next week its final decision on the controversy appeared to indicate that officials were not anymore waiting for the CA ruling.
The appellate court had earlier imposed a temporary restraining order on the mass oath-taking of the exam passers.
Gonzalez told the Inquirer by phone that the Palace was hoping the CA would issue its ruling by next week as well.
He said he did not know whether a consensus was reached on whether to wait for the court ruling or not because he had left the meeting.
But he said he had argued that the Palace should await the ruling before coming out with an executive order.
walang kasalanan mga examinees!!!please lang paki bilang na lang lahat 500 questions!!!then parusahan mga nagkasala and not the 42,000!!!at least if bilangin lahat?malaman kung sino talaga actual pumasa and bumagsak.kung may leakage man,walang alam examinee dyan...only the ones who gave that exams and some review centers...maka save pa time and money kung yan ang gagawin ng gobyerno!!!remember that integrity ng nagbigay ng leakage ang questionable and hindi ang examinees....walang choice ang poor examinee,if ever may nagbigay man ng leak sa kung sino??sa mga kumukuha ng board exams kahit ano feed na question n answer titignan to talaga kahit pa actual leak ito or hindi.so walang mali sa examinees...so bilangin na lahat!!!Then release the results agad...
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Anonymous |
12:58 PM
to mr. tadle, anong klaseng tao ka naman? di ka na naawa sa mga examinees, bkit di ka na lang manahimik sa isang tabi and wait for the investigation na matapos, lalo kang nakakadagadag sa gulo at sa hinagpis ng mga kawawang examinees. if you want publicity, do it in another way and not at the expense of the examinees!
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Anonymous |
1:06 PM
Hoy TADLE, gagawin mo talaga lahat para i retake lahat ng exam. Of course because you know na kung test 3 & 5 lang ang exam di pa rin papasa cum laude mo. Kung may leakage man sa test 3 & 5 anong ginawa ng mga flunkers mo sa test 1,2 & 4? You are bitter because the result of the board exam means that UST did not provide quality education anymore. Ikaw ba naman ang head, ano ituturo mo? Yung pagka selfish mo? And now that you heard na there's a leak a
ibang test babanatan mo na naman para lang matuloy ang retake. If you are concern of the integrity, then do something acceptable. Do not forget that we also need justice because we passed the exam thru our blood, sweat and tears. That cannot repay the anxiety and suffering we've gone through just to pass the exam. And here you are now, making moves as if you are really concern of the integrity of the nursing profession. Your actions implies your self-serving motive. Mahiya ka!
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Anonymous |
1:32 PM
mr tadle of UST obvious na obvious na gusto nyo iretake ang tests 1 to 5. para ano? para madagdagan percentage of passing niyo at pumasa un cum laude niyo na bumagsak? 17t plus na examinees magsasakripisyo para sa inyo? wala kang habag sa mga inosente. nakakaulog pa ba kayo ng maayos sa gabi? SELFISH KAYO, iniisip niyo lang sarili niyong kapakanan.
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Anonymous |
1:40 PM
FOR ALL PURPOSES AND INTENTIONS... LEAK BA TALAGA YAN OR COMPILED PREVIOUS BOARD QUESTIONS LANG TAPOS NAGKATAON NA LUMABAS? IF LEAK TALAGA YAN... ALAM BA NI TADLE NA FOR EACH PART OF THE EXAM MAY 1 BON MEMBER ANG GUMAWA KASI YUN UMANO ANG SPECIALTY NILA... KUNG GANON IMBESTIGAHAN NILA YUNG BON MEMBER NA YON...
MR TADLE DAHAN DAHAN KA SA PAGRERELEASE NG MGA INFO MO SA MEDIA... PURO SPECULATION... PURO SENSATIONALIZED... PAIMBESTIGA KA MUNA TAPOS RELEASE ANG FINDINGS... ALA PA NGA FORMAL REPORT NAGPAPA MEDIA KA KAAGAD...
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Anonymous |
1:48 PM
Hoy TADLE, gagawin mo talaga lahat para i retake lahat ng exam. Of course because you know na kung test 3 & 5 lang ang exam di pa rin papasa cum laude mo. Kung may leakage man sa test 3 & 5 anong ginawa ng mga flunkers mo sa test 1,2 & 4? You are bitter because the result of the board exam means that UST did not provide quality education. Ikaw ba naman ang head, ano ituturo mo? And now that you heard na there's a leak a ibang test babanatan mo na naman para lang matuloy ang retake. If you are concern of the integrity, then do something acceptable. Do not forget that we also need justice because we passed the exam thru our blood, sweat, tears and with all honesty . No amount of money can repay the anxiety and suffering we've gone through just to pass the exam. And here you are now, making moves as if you are really concern of the integrity of the nursing profession. But how about us? Who passed the exam with all honesty? Bahala nalang kami mag sacrifice uli? Is that your idea of restoring the integrity? Let the victims sacrifice? How selfish, isnt it?
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Anonymous |
1:50 PM
BAGSAK YANG 5 NAGFILE NA YAN! HINDI PUMASA SA BOARD! KAYA WALANG BISA YANG LEAKAGE NYO!
Posted by
Anonymous |
1:52 PM
Who are the new five witnesses, where did they review, are they passers or flunkers, and what are their grades in each subject?
Posted by
Anonymous |
3:26 PM
GRABE NATO>>>>SOBRA NA TO....MGA ESTUDYANTE NA ANg mga may kasalanan ngayon sa kagagawan ng mga NAKAKATANDA???? SANA UMAYOS NAMAN KAYO ALAM NIYO NAKAKADISCOURAGE UNG MGA PINAPAKITA NIYO SA AMIN NAKAKAWALANG GANANG MABUHAY DITO SA PILIPINAS NAKAKASAWA NA SA MGA WALANG KATAPUSANG ISSUE NA TO AS IN!!!!!!!!!!!!AYUSIN NIYO ANG BUHAY NIYO MAGING MODELO KAYO SA AMIN....BAKIT KAMI ANG SINiSISI dito???? PUmasa kami hindi dahil da leakage dahil naniniwala kami na kaya namin....at hindi lang BOARD EXAM ANG basehan para maging competent nurse ka.....UNTI UNTI NINYONG PINAPATAY ANG MGA PANGARAP NAMIN...........GRABE NA KAYO.....
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Anonymous |
3:34 PM
HAY NAKU KAWAWA TALAGA NAG BANSANG PILIPINAS MAHILIG MANIWALA SA SABI SABI HELLOOOOO MILLENIUM YEAR NA NANINIWALA PA DIN SA SABI SABI ANG MGA TAONG ITO, SINO N NMAN ITONG 5 DAW NA WITNESES NA NAG SASABI MERON DAW LEAKAGE ANG TEST 1 AND 2 HAY NAKU!!!! SUSUNOD MAY LALABAS N NMAN DYAN N WITNESS KUNO N MAY LEAK DIN ANG TEST 4, ANO PA KYA ANG SUSUNOD NA ILALABAS NILA, ITO NMAN PANDAK SA MALACANANG EH NANINIWALA SA MGA NANDAYA DAW HELLOOOOOOO KANINO BA MAGMAMANA ANG MGA KAPWA MO PINOY HOY PANDAK KUNDI SYO NA NUMERO UNONG NANDAYA LAST ELECTION, PAG NAG PALABAS KA NG RETAKE FOR JUNE 2006, DAPAT MAGPALABAS KA DIN NG RECOUNT SA LAST ELECTION!!!! KAYONG MGA GANID NA POLITICIANS WAG NYONG GAMITIN ANG ISSUE NA ITO PRA MAGPA POGI FOR NEXT ELECTION...... UTANG NA LOOB........ NO TO RETAKE!!!!! PARUHUSAN NYO YUNG MGA BON NA MAY KINALAMAN DYAN AT WAG YUNG MGA NAG EXAMS.... TANONG KO LNG PATI BA YUNG MAY LICENSE NA BEFORE NAG NAG ISSUE NG TOR EH MAG RERETAKE DIN HELLOOOOOOO PANO NYO REREVOKE LICENSE KO EH WLA NMAN KYONG GROUND TO REVOKE MY LICENSE....HMMMMM!!!! GISING NA MGA PINOY,,, WAG MAG PAGAMIT SA MGA GANID NA MGA POLITIKO BULLSHIT PHIL GOVERNMENT,, SA PANGUNGUNA NG PANDAK NA SI GLORIA,,,KAHIT ANONG GAWIN MONG PAGPAPAGANDA NG PAPEL NI WLANG KANG BOTO MAKUKUHA SA AMIN, BRUHA......
Posted by
Anonymous |
4:59 PM
Napakadaling gumawa ng leakage issue sa mga panahong ito. Marami ng may hawak na ng kopya ng June board exam..kahit ang media may copy na nito. Ang daling gumawa or kumopya at sabihing lumabas ito noon. At kahit sino pwedeng gumawa ng affidavit at sabihing totoo yun. dapat wag magtiwala ang govt sa mga ganitong walang credibility na personalities.
pwede ba hintayin na lng natin ang decision ng CA and then go on with our lives? sobra na yang UST na yan. halatang selfish motives ang habol nila at integrity for their school & not for the nursing profession.
parusahan amg mga nag leak at hindi kaming mga students.
Maawa naman kayo. Pagod na kami & we deserve to have that license.
Please.
Posted by
Anonymous |
7:00 PM
selfish tadle! nakakatulog ka pa ba nang mahimbing?!!! d ka pa na contento pati test 1 and 2 may leak na rin ngayon! ano ba? bat d mo pa dinala test 4?... makontento na kayo kng anong mayron kayo, tanggapin nyo na kasi ang katotohanan na kahit anong gawin nyo bagsak pa rin cum laude nyo! tigilan nyo na nga ito, mag move on na kayo. To UST: may purpose si Lord sa inyo kung bakit d nka pass cum laude nyo! siguro eye opener na rin sa skol nyo na d lahat ng estudyante nyo matalino at masyado na kasing mahahangin ang ulo nyo! To JUNE 2006 NLE PASSERS: may purpose dn c Lord satn, let's take this as a challenge at naniniwala ako na malalampasan natin to!
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Anonymous |
7:15 PM
Mr. tadle!! umayos ayos ka...lam mo ba ang hirap naming mga examinees pra lang makapasa sa exams!!!! napaanak pa ng wala sa oras friend namin dahil sa sobrang stress a day before the exams..she was only 7 months on the way!!! but she still passed khit hirap na hirap sya the day of the exams...
Umayos ka!!!
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Anonymous |
9:34 AM
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Anonymous |
8:38 PM
Anonymous said...
Mga kasama, nakuha ko ito sa ABS-CBN Forum. Maramin ang pro-retake doon. Di gaya dito, iilang tao lang nagpopost na anti-retake at parang maramin sila.
From ABS-CBN
This is good for humor DH but seriously, the cabinet used a simple Cost Benefit Analysis and had a look at statistics to justify the retake. This is how it probably went:
What is at stake here? The reputation and integrity of around 137,000 Filipino health care workers deployed worldwide, mostly in the middle east, north America, Europe (specially UK), Netherlands, high income asia, and future japan. These nurses remit an average of $ 2.2 Billion US Dollars per annum.
How much will is cost to fund the retake of 17,821 nurses? Inclusive of logistics, lunch and some pocket money to take home? Less than $ 2 Million US Dollars. That’s quite cheap isn’t it?
What can we further gain with a retake? The continued outflow of approximately 13,000 nurses per annum, in addition to the 137,000 who will get to keep their jobs after a retake. The Philippines will continue to enjoy an inflow of over 2$ Billion US Dollars, which is also increasing by approximately $200,000 Million US dollars per annum, at an accelerating rate. Most priceless of all is the peace of mind that Filipinos will continue to be the most trusted race to fill in the ever increasing demand of registered nurses in the future.
Considering these figures, seems like a retake is not such a bad deal for the Philippines after all?
I therefore propose that we change the title of this forum to "LET'S DO A RETAKE!!! - JUSTICE FOR ALL"""
4:30 PM
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Anonymous |
4:51 PM