Synthesis: Licensure Examination For Professional Teachers (Background and Legal Basis)

Synthesis: Licensure Examination for
Professional Teachers
(Background and Legal Basis)
Mildred R. Alagdon
Instructor
A member of the Association of Benedictine Schools
The Professional Regulation Commission was first
created as a national government agency by
Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 223 dated June 22,
1973, signed by then President Ferdinand E.
Marcos. It was previously called the Office of the
Boards of Examiners created by Republic Act No.
546 on June 17, 1950, under the Civil Service
Commission (CSC).

In 1994, Republic Act No. 7836
("Philippine Teachers
Professionalization Act") was enacted,
transferring the regulation of the
teaching profession from the CSC to
the PRC.
In 1995, the Office for Professional

Teachers was established.
• The year 2010 saw the approval of The Roadmap to Quality
Professional Regulation as the short and medium-term
strategic plan of the Commission.
• The PRC and CHED issued a circular requiring State and

Local Universities and Colleges to secure an authority from
CHED to operate board programs and for PRC not to admit
applicants for licensure examinations effective January
2011 from educational institutions which failed to comply.

Board of Professional Teachers
• Board Law
Republic Act No. 7836
An Act to Strengthen the Regulation and Supervision
of the Practice of Teaching in the Philippines and
Prescribing a Licensure Examination for Teachers and
for Other Purposes
• Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

• Short title. - This Act shall be known as the “Philippine
Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994.”
• Statement of Policy. - The state recognizes the vital role of
teachers in nation-building and development through a
responsible and literate citizenry.
Towards this end the State shall ensure and promote quality
education by proper supervision and regulation of the
licensure examination and professionalization of the
practice of the teaching profession.

Objectives. - This Act has the herein objectives:
• The promotion, development and

professionalization of teachers and the
teaching profession; and
• The supervision and regulation of the
licensure examination.

Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act, the following
terms shall mean:
• Teaching - refers to the profession concerned primarily

with classroom instruction at the elementary and
secondary levels in accordance with the curriculum
prescribed by the Department of Education, Culture and
Sports, whether on part-time or full-time basis in the
private or public schools.

• Teachers - refers to all persons engaged in
teaching at the elementary and secondary
levels, whether on fulltime or part-time basis,
including industrial arts or vocational teachers
and all other persons performing supervisory
and/ or administrative functions in all schools
in the aforesaid levels and qualified to practice
teaching under this Act.

• Board - refers to the Board for Professional Teachers duly
established and constituted under this Act.
• Commission - refers to the Professional Regulation

Commission.

Board of Professional Teachers
• History
The promulgation of Presidential Decree No. 1006 on

September 22, 1976 formally organized the National Board for
Teachers (NBT). Directly under the supervision of the Civil
Service Commission, the NBT was the first board to exercise
regulatory exercise over the teaching profession.

History, continued….
• On December 16, 1994 the regulation and licensing of
teachers was transferred to the PRC through the enactment
of Republic Act No. 7836, otherwise known as “The
Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994.” The
law provided for the professionalization of teaching under
the aegis of the PRC.

History, continued…
• Pursuant to the law, the first Board for Professional Teachers

(BPT) was constituted on September 19, 1995 with the
appointment of Dr. Nilo L. Rosas as Chairman, Dr. Aurelio O.
Elevazo as Vice-Chairman and Dr. Lucila F. Tibigar, Dr. Fe A.
Hidalgo and Dr. Martha A. Mogol as Members.

History
• On August 1996, the Board and the PRC administered the
Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) for the first time to
97,560 examinees. In 1997, 101,348 examinees took the LET,
a record in the history of professional regulation. In 1998, a
total of 115,499 took the LET, and in 1999, 123,025.

History, continued…
• In 1996, the Board also administered the first licensure
examination for school superintendents, the results of
which were released five (5) days after the examination
date.
• Today, teachers constitute more than half a million,
comprising one of the largest occupational groups in the
country.

Members of the Board - Licensure Examination for
Professional Teachers (BLEP)
• ROSITA L. NAVARRO
Chairperson
• PAZ I. LUCIDO
Vice-Chairperson
• PARALUMAN R. GIRON
Member
• NORA M. UY
Member
References
https://www.prc.gov.ph/sites/default/files/LET%20PROG-%20MAR
CH%202021.pdf
https://www.prc.gov.ph/sites/default/files/Professional%20Teache
rs%20-%20RA%20No.%207836_0.PDF

That in all
things God
may be
glorified!

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In 1995, the Office for Professional

• The PRC and CHED issued a circular requiring State and

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• The promotion, development and

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• Teaching - refers to the profession concerned primarily

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• Commission - refers to the Professional Regulation

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The promulgation of Presidential Decree No. 1006 on

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• Pursuant to the law, the first Board for Professional Teachers

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