INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE FULL COMPUTERIZATION OF THE LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS ADMINISTERED BY THE VARIOUS REGULATORY BOARDS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATION…

WHEREAS, various professions have a crucial role to play in
nation-building;

WHEREAS, the quality of the members of a profession and the confidence of
the public in their competence depend to a significant extent on the adequacy
and integrity of the professional licensure examination;

WHEREAS, the utilization of computers and information technology can
considerably enhance the efficient and effective administration of licensure
examinations, including measures to protect the integrity of the examination
process and the expeditious release of results;

WHEREAS, under Section 5 of Presidential Decree No. 223, as amended, and
other professional regulatory laws, the licensure examination is a function
carried out jointly by the Professional Regulation Commission and the various
Professional Regulatory Boards and is the most vital means of initially
certifying the technical fitness or competence of an aspirant for the practice
of a profession; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Executive Order No. 56, dated February 9, 1993, the
administrative supervision over the Professional Regulation Commission pertains
to the Office of the President;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL
V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The Professional Regulation Commission shall undertake measures
toward the full computerization of the licensure examinations of all
Professional Regulatory Boards under the supervision of that Commission.

SEC. 2. The Professional Regulation Commission, in coordination with the
various Professional Regulatory Boards, shall issue the necessary guidelines to
implement the full computerization of licensure examinations to cover the
following matters:

A. Examination Objective,
Standards, and Nature;

B. Establishment and Operation
of a Computerized Test Bank; and

C. Correction of Test Papers and
Grading, Deliberating, Decoding, and Release of Test Results through Computers.

SEC. 3. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this
20th day of September in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-four.

(Sgd.) FIDEL
V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary

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