WHEREAS, Section 11, Article IV of R.A. No. 4373, as amended, provides: ". . . Except as otherwise specially allowed by the provisions of this Act, all applications for registration as social workers shall be required to undergo a written examination . . . . ";

WHEREAS, Section 13, Article III of supra law states in part: ". . . The examination for the practice of Social Work in the Philippine shall consist of a written test, the scope of which shall be determined and prescribed by the Board, taking into consideration the curriculum of all social work courses offered in schools legally constituted in the Philippines . . . . ";

WHEREAS, the Commission issued MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 08, Series of 1992, directing every professional regulatory board to prescribe and adopt a syllabus for every subject in the licensure examinations;

WHEREAS, every syllabus containing the concepts or topics with the corresponding level of knowledge or proficiency shall be the basis for the question to be inputted into the question bank;

WHEREAS, after consultation with the National Association for Social Work Education, Inc. (NASWEI), the Board formulated and adopted the Social Workers Licensure Examination Syllabi (Annex "A") ^* utilizing as guides and references the prescribed books and readings used in the schools/colleges of social workers,

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of its quasi-legislative power under Section 8, Article II of R.A. No. 4373, as amended, the Board hereby RESOLVED, as it so RESOLVES, to prescribe, adopt, and issue the Social Workers Licensure Examination Syllabi (Annex "A").

FURTHER, RESOLVED, to widely disseminate and circularize the herein resolution to all schools/colleges offering the course of Social Work.

FINALLY, RESOLVED, to reckon the effectivity of the herein Resolution upon its approval by the Commission after fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or any newspaper of general circulation, whichever is earlier, and on a date that is three (3) months before the scheduled licensure examination.

Adopted: 19 Apr. 1994

(SGD.) FILIPINAS R. ALTUNA Chairman	(SGD.) GLORIA B. GALVEZ Member
(SGD.) ROSITA L. FONDEVILLA Member
(SGD.) SR. MARY AMOR SAMONTE, RGS Member
Approved:
(SGD.) HERMOGENES P. POBRE Commissioner
(SGD.) MARIANO A. MENDIETA Associate Commissioner	(SGD.) ARMANDO C. PASCUAL Associate Commissioner

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^* Text available upon request at the Office of the National Administrative Register (ONAR), U.P. Law Center, Diliman, Quezon City.