Teachers Board Exam (Elementary Level) 2013

The  Teachers Board Exam, also known as the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET), is a board exam facilitated by the Board of  Professional Teachers under the Professional Regulatory Commission to assess the competency of  Bachelor of Secondary Education and Bachelor of Elementary Education graduates.

As per R.A. 1080, individuals who passed the board exam need not take the civil service exams to be eligible for the following positions:

• High School Teacher
• Grade School Teacher
• Special Education Teacher
• Preschool Teacher

Review Courses for Teachers Board Exam (Elementary Level)

There are review courses that you can take to prepare for the board exam. The content of these review courses may vary depending on the review centers, but they’re mostly based on the examination scope released by the Professional Regulatory Commission which includes:

General Education (40 %)

• English
  • Study and Thinking Skills
  • Writing in the Discipline
  • Speech and Oral Communication,
  • Philippine Literature
  • Master Works of the World
• Filipino
  • Komunikasyon sa Akademikong Filipino
  • Pagbasa at Pagsulat tungo sa Pananaliksik
  • Masining na Pagpapahayag
• Mathematics
  • Fundamentals of Math
  • Plane Geometry
  • Elementary Algebra
  • Statistics and Probability
• Science
  • Biological Science
  • General Biology
  • Physical Science with Earth Science
• Social Sciences
  • Philippine Government New Constitution with Human Rights
  • Philippine History
  • Basic Economics, Taxation, Agrarian Reform
  • Society, Culture with Family Planning
  • Rizal and Other Heroes
  • Philosophyof Man
  • Arts
  • General Psychology
  • Information and Communication Technology

Professional Education 60%

• Teaching Profession
• Social Dimensionsof Education
• Principlesof Teaching
• Educational Technology
• Curriculum Development
• Facilitating Learning
• Child and Adolescent Development
• Assessmentof Student Learning
• Developmental Reading
• FieldStudy
• Practice Teaching

TAKING THE EXAM

Licensure exams for Bachelor of Secondary Education and Bachelor of Elementary Education graduates are held twice a year, usually around the months of March and September. Below are the dates and testing centers for the 2013 Teachers Board Exam (Secondary Level):

DATE	DAY/s  PLACE	DEADLINE OF FILING
March 10, 2013	Sun / Manila, All Regional Offices Zamboanga & Hongkong	Repeaters: Jan. 4, 2013 First timers: Jan. 11, 2013
September 29, 2013	Sun / Manila, All Regional Offices Zamboanga	Repeaters: June 7, 2013 First timers: June 28, 2013

NATIONAL PASSING RATE

The table below shows the number of board passers in the Licensure Exam for Teachers in the last 3 years:

EXAM	EXAM TAKERS	BOARD PASSERS	PASSING RATE
September 2012	50,997	25,136	43.50%
March 2012	32,798	13,925	42.46%
September 2011	45,171	10,243	22.68%
April 2011	33,023	5,221	15.81%
September 2010	39,508	7,737	19.58%
April 2010	31,306	4,835	15.44%