PRC postpones October 2020 licensure examinations due to COVID-19 pandemic

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Sunday announced it will postpone the licensure examinations scheduled this October due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The postponement is “due to the increasing number of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) cases in our country that resulted to fear and anxiety to the health and safety of all concerned,” the PRC said in an advisory posted on its website. 

The examinations to be postponed are the following, with their original schedules in parentheses:

• Chemical Engineers Licensure Examination (October 2, 3, & 4, 2020)
• Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Licensure Examination (October 6, 7, & 8, 2020)
• Metallurgical Engineers Licensure Examination (October 6, 7, & 8, 2020)
• Certified Public Accountants Licensure Examination (October 10, 11, & 17, 2020)
• Licensure Examination for Optometrists (written) (October 13, 14, & 15, 2020)
• Licensure Examination for Optometrists (practical) (October 18, 19, 20, & 21, 2020)
• Special Certification Examination in Ocular Pharmacology (October 13, 2020)
• Chemists Licensure Examination (October 20 & 21, 2020)
• Chemical Technicians Licensure Examination (October 22, 2020)

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• Electronic Engineers Licensure Examination (October 24 & 25, 2020)
• Electronic Technicians Licensure Examination (October 26, 2020)
• Geodetic Engineers Licensure Examination (October 28 & 29, 2020)
• Fisheries Technologists Licensure Examination (October 28 & 29, 2020)
   

The PRC said the licensure examinations will instead be held in 2021.

Meanwhile, the following examinations scheduled for November will also be rescheduled for 2021:

• Customs Brokers Licensure Examination (November 4 & 5, 2020)
• Agriculturists Licensure Examination (November 10, 11, & 12, 2020)

As of Sunday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country reached 129,913. Of this number, 67,673 while the death toll climbed to 2,270. —KG, GMA News