13 September 2006

New chemists hurdle board exam

Five Carolinians have joined the ranks of the licensed chemists in the country after the results of the Chemist Licensure Examination were released late Monday night, September 11, 2006.

The new licensed chemists are Julla D. Derecho, Jonas R. Locaylocay, Chariz Y. PeƱalber, Rosanna Angela D. Soriaga, and Jacquelyn S. Tanjay.

The Chemist Licensure Examination was held last September 7-8, 2006 in Manila and the results were published in the online daily newspapers after one working day.

Of the five new licensed chemists, three are already assured of employment. Derecho has been accepted at Unilab (Laguna), Locaylocay, who is also a licensed pharmacist, at San Miguel Corporation, while Soriaga is already teaching at USC.

USC Class 2006 had a passing rate of 63% (5 out of 8) but had an overall clip of only 50% (5 out of 10) including examinees from previous classes.

The USC Chemistry Review Center produced one topnotcher, Krizelle C. Pasig from Ateneo de Davao University, who placed 10th with an average of 87.25%. The review center had a passing rate of 26 out of 48, or 54% compared to the national passing of 245 out of 503, or 48%. Students from nine other universities reviewed in USC; notably Central Mindanao University had a passing rate of 75% (3 out of 4) while Xavier University had 4 out of 5 (or 80%).

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