[ PRC RESOLUTION NO. 311, May 18, 1994 ]
WEARING OF UNIFORM BY EXAMINEES IN THE LICENSURE EXAMINATION
WHEREAS, in some courses with licensure examinations, students are required to wear their uniforms, including examination days, as part of their disciplinary training and as preparatory to their professional practice;
WHEREAS, the wearing of their uniforms when they become examinees in the licensure examinations is an extension of such training;
WHEREAS, if they wear their uniforms during college examination days, there is more reason to wear them in the licensure examinations, inasmuch as they provide them with the feeling of importance, dignity, confidence, independent-mindedness, and even integrity;
WHEREAS, every examinee must treat the licensure examination with utmost importance through their becoming appearance and deportment, holding that the primary objective of a professional licensure examination is to obtain valid and reliable information as to whether an examinee possesses the technical competence required for admission to the profession;
WHEREAS, the wearing of uniforms during the licensure examinations and during the practice of the profession is a badge of professionalism; and
WHEREAS, in carrying out the function of licensure examinations jointly with the concerned boards, the Commission has to adopt measures which will make the conduct of the examination more credible and effective,
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of Section 5 (b), (d) ,(n), and (o) of P.D. No. 223, as amended, the Commission hereby RESOLVED, as it now so RESOLVES, to require examinees in the following licensure examinations to wear their respective college uniforms:
FINALLY, RESOLVED, the herein Resolution shall be widely circularized and disseminated to all concerned through the schools/colleges/universities offering the courses covered by the examinations aforelisted and strictly implemented by the Examination Division.
Adopted: 18 May 1994
WHEREAS, the wearing of their uniforms when they become examinees in the licensure examinations is an extension of such training;
WHEREAS, if they wear their uniforms during college examination days, there is more reason to wear them in the licensure examinations, inasmuch as they provide them with the feeling of importance, dignity, confidence, independent-mindedness, and even integrity;
WHEREAS, every examinee must treat the licensure examination with utmost importance through their becoming appearance and deportment, holding that the primary objective of a professional licensure examination is to obtain valid and reliable information as to whether an examinee possesses the technical competence required for admission to the profession;
WHEREAS, the wearing of uniforms during the licensure examinations and during the practice of the profession is a badge of professionalism; and
WHEREAS, in carrying out the function of licensure examinations jointly with the concerned boards, the Commission has to adopt measures which will make the conduct of the examination more credible and effective,
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of Section 5 (b), (d) ,(n), and (o) of P.D. No. 223, as amended, the Commission hereby RESOLVED, as it now so RESOLVES, to require examinees in the following licensure examinations to wear their respective college uniforms:
- Dental
- Deck Officers (3rd, 2nd, Chief Mates and Master Mariner)
- Engine Officers (4th, 3rd, 2nd and Chief Engine)
- Medical Technology
- Physician
- Midwifery
- Nursing
- Nutrition-Dietetics
- Optometry
- Pharmacy
- Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Radiologic Technology
- X-ray Technology
- Veterinary Medicine
FINALLY, RESOLVED, the herein Resolution shall be widely circularized and disseminated to all concerned through the schools/colleges/universities offering the courses covered by the examinations aforelisted and strictly implemented by the Examination Division.
Adopted: 18 May 1994
(SGD.) HERMOGENES P. POBRE Commissioner |
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(SGD.) MARIANO A. MENDIETA Associate Commissioner |
(SGD.) ARMANDO C. PASCUAL Associate Commissioner |