MANILA, Philippines - A graduate of Mapua Institute of Technology-Manila topped the licensure examination for electronics engineers, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said yesterday.
Rimson Encanto Junio tallied 92.80 percent followed by his schoolmate Irister Monteiro Javel (91.70 percent).
At third was Robin Mon Rivas Miranda (91.60) of Polytechnic University of the Philippines-Sta. Mesa followed by Marvin Neil Solis Cabueñas (90.50) of De La Salle University-Manila and Timothy John Rovira Esteban (88.80) also of Mapua.
Sixth was Gerand Boy Ocsan Elinzano (88.70) of Mapua, while Stephen Janz Revillo Serafico and Jenny Jane Ong Tan both from DLSU placed seventh (88.50).
At eighth place was Janaisha Bai Malayang Tito (88.40) of Mindanao State University-General Santos City followed by Francis Jerric Jabon Candido (88.20) of Samar State University, and Alexander Ganzale Macatual (88.10) of Central Colleges of the Philippines.
The best performing school was University of the Philippines-Diliman as 21 out of its 25 examinees passed - a passing rate of 84 percent.
PRC said only 1,177 passed the exam out of 3,163 who took the test in the cities of Manila, Baguio and Davao this month.
(Complete list of successful examinees on philstar.com)
PRC also said that only 466 of 1,146 passed the April 2013 licensure examination for electronics technicians.
Emmanuel Maisog Alap of Far Eastern University-East Asia College topped the test with 87 percent followed by Raymond Nonato Jotea Concepcion of Mapua (86 percent) at second, and Joseph Emil Fernandez Aco (84) of DLSU-M at third place.
Seven examinees got the seventh spot, all with 82 percent: Ranz Delfin Rubio de la Cruz of University of Santo Tomas, Shirley May de Guzman Guevarra of Bulacan State University, Lea Aimabell Nogar Letim and Alpe John Diango Santos of Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Kit Arvin Cabral Mea and Omar Mikhail Ilagan of DLSU-Lipa, and Ian Hope Garcia Subardiaga of Bulacan State University.
Nine examinees ranked fifth, while 16 placed sixth.