Wednesday, January 17, 2007 SPC tops nursing exam passing rate in Davao By Ben O. Tesiorna
SAN Pedro College (SPC) has the most number of passers in the nursing examination given last December 2006 among schools here in Davao City and the rest of Davao and Central Mindanao regions.
Out of the 495 examinees, SPC has 424 passers or 86 percent passing rate. Coming in second with a passing rate of 83 percent is Ateneo de Davao University where they have 261 passers out of their 316 examinees.
In third is Notre Dame of Dadiangas with 82 percent passing rate. Fourth is Notre Dame of Marbel with 77 percent, University of Mindanao comes in fifth with 67 percent passing rate, followed by Mati Doctors College with 60 percent.
Brokenshire College who has three students included in the top 10 only registered a 58 percent passing rate. In 8th place is the University of Immaculate Conception with 56 percent passing rate.
Ninth is the St. Mary's College in Tagum City with 55 percent and in 10th is Davao Doctors College with 52 percent passing rate.
Notre Dame of Kidapawan College, Colegio de Kidapawan, Sultan Kudarat Educational Institution, Tecaro College Foundation Inc., Polytechnic College of Davao del Sur and North Davao College Tagum Foundation rounded up the 11th to 15th places, respectively.
Six Dabawenyos were included in the list of top 10 examinees in the recent nursing licensure examination.
The latest nursing exam was bereft of controversy compared to examination last year that was riddled with accusation of cheating.
