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Tuesday, November 28, 2017
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ILOILO City – A graduate of West Visayas State University (WVSU) topped the September 2017 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) elementary level administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
Mary Clarence Gepes Madero ranked No. 1 with a rating of 88.80 percent.
The 21-year-old resident of Pavia, Iloilo told Panay News she always wanted to be a teacher.
Another topnotcher from WVSU was Maria Victoria Lionne Fulgencio Hierro. She was No. 7 with a rating of 87 percent.
Hierro said she was overwhelmed by her feat in the LET and attributed her success to, among others, prayers.
In the secondary level, a WVSU graduate made it to the Top 10, too. Franz Ian Dominguez Solomon posted a rating of 91.80 to rank No. 6.
‘FIRST LOVE’
Madero took up Bachelor in Special Education, major in Teaching the Gifted, and graduated magna cum laude.
“Education was my first love. I chose (teaching as profession) because I grew up as a reader and as an achiever,” she said.
Madero, a valedictorian at Pavia National High School, said she specialized in elementary education because she intended “to share my knowledge to the future generation, especially since they shall soon hold the world in their hands.”
“I know that what I have achieved is not just mine to keep,” she stressed.
What was her secret for topping the LET?
“First, passion and drive. Know what you want and strive for it,” said Madero.
Second, she said, was hard work.
“Study well. Prepare yourself, and do your best,” said Madero.
A “good support system like family, friends and teachers” helped, too, said the new teacher whose father is the Budget Officer of the municipality of Pavia and whose mother an accountant at Pavia National High School.
She further urged future LET examinees to also “trust in yourself” and “trust in God.”
Like Madero, Hierro was a magna cum laude, too (Bachelor in Elementary Education, major in Early Childhood Education).
The exam was difficult, said Hierro, but her being a wide reader greatly helped.
At the time she was reviewing for the LET, she was already teaching Kinder 1 classes at Excellence Christian Education of La Paz, she revealed, so balancing her time was a must.
According to PRC, 21,198 new elementary teachers hurdled the exam or 26.33 percent of 80,509 examinees.
In the secondary level, 49,626 of the 107,020 examinees (46.37 percent) passed the LET.
Overall, WVSU based in La Paz district here ranked No. 4 among the best-performing schools in the examination. Out of its 292 examinees, 258 (88.36 percent) passed the LET.
‘COMBINED EFFORT’
University President Dr. Luis Sorolla said the school’s good performance in the LET was “a product of the combined efforts of our faculty and the whole university, the review center and everything who contributed to the success of the students.”
Last year, WVSU ranked No. 7 overall.
“(Now) we are No. 4. We are very happy with that but we will aspire for more. In the future, we might be No. 1 overall,’ said Sorolla.
He said WVSU has been updating its curriculum and strengthening its admission system.
“But most of all I attribute (our success) to the teachers in the College of Education and the Dean for doing their best to train the students very well. Ang aton university center naga-conduct review classes,” said Sorolla.
The dean of the WVSU-College of Education is Dr. Hilda Montaño, a Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Teachers awardee in 2012./PN
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