UPang Produces 2nd Placer in 2009 LET

The results of the April 5, 2009 Licensure Examination for Teachers were released last April 30, 2009. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that out of the 26, 812 examinees of the Licensure Examination of Teachers (LET), 7470 or 27.86 percent passed for the elementary level and 5,914 or 24.67 percent for the high school level.

University of Pangasinan - Phinma Education Network produced a second (2nd) Placer in the said licensure exam in the person of Catherine Joy Batrina Catalan with a rating of 89.8%. Lorivi Robles Huyaban of UP Diliman topped the elementary teachers' exam with a 90% rating. Dena Sasing Culaba (89.4%); Aileen Reyes Macapagal (88.8%); Hershey Gambon Calma (88.4%), all from UP Diliman were third, fourth and fifth placers respectively.

In the Secondary Level, Benedict Enriquez Barayuga, a graduate of Central Luzon State University, and Gerard Vincent Tanchanco Mendoza, topped the exams with identical scores of 91.6%. Rochelle Madjus Razo of UP Diliman placed second with 90.6% rating, while Albert Angeles Basa of the Philippine Women's University came in third with 90% rating. Swaggert Calado Tacio of St. Louis University placed fourth with 89.6%. Arlano Revilla Aquino of UP Baguio City and Jean Marzo Ginez of UP Diliman were tied at fifth with ratings of 89.2%.

Congratulations to my kumpare Dean Nigel Cabison for his department's achievement!

Complete list of Passers in the Teacher Licensure – Elementary

Complete list of Passers in the Teacher Licensure – Secondary

Jobs for OJT Students and Fresh Graduates

Have you heard of OJT (On the Job Training) stories where students end up getting stuck working in a boring company unrelated to their field, or end up with a good company, have the work that's right, but end up making coffee for the bosses or stapling documents for them? Classic, right?

 

Are you a fresh graduate who is looking for his/her first fulltime job? Are you tired of trying different means of job searching and still haven’t found a job? Or maybe you have found a good job but you are deemed inexperienced?

 

Or are you someone looking for a part-time job that would be both interesting and rewarding? Or are you someone who would like a second job to augment your income?

 

You are not alone. Year after year, there are a lot of student applicants and fresh graduates like you who either don’t like their job or worse, don’t have a job. The “inexperienced” has indeed become a class of their own, and they need more exposure and opportunities to make use of their knowledge, skills and abilities.

 

I hope this could help.

 

I received an email by one of the designers/developers of OJT Careers. OJT Careers is an up-and-coming local online recruitment network especially developed with interns and fresh graduates as the target market. OJT Careers caters to young individuals who are looking for their first full-time jobs, or part-time jobs they could involve themselves in. As there are a lot of student applicants and an increasing number of fresh graduates every year, the inexperienced has become a class of their own, and they need more exposure and opportunities to make use of their skills and knowledge.

 

I found their site to be very helpful and easy to navigate. I also like the noble idea of helping out job seekers especially the fresh graduates of our country. The job hunting advices are good: from writing your resume, preparing well for a job interview and improving one’s skills. It’s just a new site and with your help it will become bigger and more comprehensive. I urge companies to post job offerings and students to search for the job they like.

 

But what impressed me most is that this endeavor was spearheaded by students- and for students. They started this off as a small project between 3 friends 3 months ago and it is now a network of 5 schools and over 12 students. They decided to join together and come up with a real resource that would actually benefit students, whether from a private school or a university (after all, the youth is the future of the country!). Kudos to the OJT Careers team!

 

Even if I do not personally know the developers, I agreed to partner up and support their cause. I know that even in this simple way of writing a blog and linking their site, WE are making a difference in building the Filipino youth community. We’re helping give the students of today’s future a fighting chance. 

Ang galing ng Filipino! Mabuhay tayo!

I also wrote a similar post in my Blackboard.