Baguio City – The passers of the just concluded October, 2016 Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Licensure Examinations can have their oath-taking in City of Pines. The ceremonies are slated be held on November 19, 2016, Saturday, 9 o’clock in the morning at the Supreme Hotel, Magsaysay Avenue, here.
The event for the newly registered Certified Public Accountants is jointly organized and hosted by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)-Board of Accountancy (BOA) and the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), Baguio-Benguet Chapter.
Seven schools in the Cordillera Region offering accountancy have successful passers during the recent examinations.
Saint Louis University (SLU) still has the biggest number of passers while University of Baguio (UB) has the best success rate.
A total of 109 SLU candidates became CPAs. SLU fielded a total of 242 candidates for a 45.04% success rate. The 13 UB passers out of 23 candidates, translating to a 56.52 passing percentage, led their alma mater in the success rate.
The University of the Cordilleras (UC) passed 32 out of 61 candidates for a 52.46 success rate while the Divine Word College (DWC) in Bagued, Abra had 9 out of 25 for 36% clip.
Cordillera Career Development College (CCDC) in La Trinidad, Benguet followed up their record high of 16 passers last May with 12 out of 59 this time for a 20.34% success rate.
The Kings College of the Philippines (KCP) in La Trinidad had two passers while the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College (MPSPC) in Bontoc had one.
The national passing mark in the October exams was at 36.48%. A total of 5,249 out of successful examinees out of 14,390 candidates resulted after four grueling days of answering exam questions last October 1, 2, 8 and 9, 2016.
The inductees who will be attending the oath-taking ceremonies will be given their PRC license and Board Certificate during the event.
Ticket price is P600 for inductees and P600 for every guest. Ticket sales and confirmation of attendance is until Tuesday, November 15, 2016.
For more details and tickets, the following persons can be contacted:
– Ellen Uy, Stall 1 & 2 Toy section public market, 09173402222
– Rebecca S. Occidental, Rural Bank of Itogon, Inc. Km.5, Pico La Trinidad, 09228036608
– Edna De Gracia, Xworks Inc. #601 National Life Bldg. Session Rd., 09285055084
– Anne Frank Evangelista, BIR Baguio RDO, 09175572115
– Dianne Corpuz, Room B308 Lopez Building Session Rd., 09193670396
– Rhad Vic Estoque, University of Baguio, Room H301, 09186597623
BY: ARMANDO M. BOLISLIS
