Flunkers, not cheaters, are on ‘retake’ list

First posted 09:55pm (Mla time)
Oct 19, 2006
Inquirer

BAGUIO CITY -- The local nursing community, including the graduates who exposed the cheating in the June board exams, said the examinees who are now compelled to retake the test were not the cheaters but the flunkers.

Some of the whistle-blowers’ names turned up in the list of the 1,678 examinees ordered by the Professional Regulation Commission to retake Tests III and V of the exams.

Ryan Manzano, one of the Baguio examinees, said his score of 77.6 “was not even borderline,” so his inclusion in the “retake” list came as a shock.

“I was surprised to discover my name there, but the PRC would not tell me how they came up with the list, so I complained,” he said.

The situation prompted the local Philippine Nurses Association chapter to demand an explanation from the government. Vincent Cabreza, Inquirer Northern Luzon