By BEN R. ROSARIO
Government was asked yesterday to review the program of education in at least 177 schools offering accountancy courses for registering a 100 percent flunking percentage in two government board examination conducted two years ago.
Pampanga Rep. Francis L. Nepomuceno, chairman of the House Committee on Civil Service and Professional Regulations, aired the appeal after he came across documents from the Professional Regulation Commission showing this alarming fact.
"The Commission on Higher Education should tighten the noose on schools that offer substandard education," Nepomuceno said.
Earlier, several lawmakers have expressed grave concern over the reported mushrooming of substandard nursing schools that have been offering various nursing courses.
Rep. Luis Bersamin (Kampi, Abra) said many of these schools also offer abridged nursing courses to hoodwink parents and students into believing that such are acceptable requisites for job placements abroad.
"The CHED should review the academic program of nursing schools that produces a low percentage of students who could pass the nursing board examinations," Bersamin said.
In a press statement, Nepomuceno said CHED should closely monitor the 177 colleges and universities that registered zero percentage of passers in the licensure examinations for certified public accountants given by the PRC in May and October 2003.
The top ten schools that chalked a 100 percent flunking percentage were the Philippine Women’s University-Manila with 27 examinees; Western Leyte College (Ormoc), 22; AMA Computer College-Makati City, 20; Lyceum of Northern Luzon, 18; San Pablo College, 18; Lipa City Colleges, 16; Catanduanes College, 14; Meycauayan College, 13; Saint Mary’s College (Boac), 13; Divine Word College (Bangued), 12; Kalinga-Apayao State College, 12 and Notre Dame of Jolo College, 12.
