photos by Merryl Marquez (The Reaction Photojournalist)
In line with its efforts to
improve the performance of the university in the licensure examinations, the
UST Chemical Engineering Department along with the UST Chemical Engineering
society – Student Affairs Committee hosted a three-day mock Chemical
Engineering Licensure Examinations last October 20 to 22.
Originally scheduled to start
as early as October 19, the mock licensure exams were delayed by a day due to
the suspension of classes in the university during the onslaught of Typhoon
Lando (Koppu). The three day examination pushed through on October 20, Tuesday.
The examination was held in the General Chemistry Laboratory (Lab 9) and was
primarily facilitated by designated Chemical Engineering students with an
hourly shifting.
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| Examinees from ChE Batch 2015 during Day 2 of the mock board exams |
On the first day of the examinations,
fifty-eight (58) out of sixty-five (65) registered examinees took the exam. The
first day of the examination covered Physical and Chemical Principles, and
lasted for five hours. On the second day of the examinations, fifty-five (55)
registered examinees took the exam. Unlike Day 1, the second day of the
examination lasted for a full ten hours as the coverage included core Chemical
Engineering questions. On the final day of the examinations, fifty-nine (59) examinees
took the exam which lasted for five hours and covered General Engineering
principles and problems. In order to fully emulate the actual ChE licensure
exams, examinees were required to use Mongol #2 Pencil and were required to eat
their lunch or snacks inside the examination room as exiting the room except
for lavatory reasons is prohibited.
Engr. Noel Sabarillo, a member
of the ChE Faculty, oversaw the smooth facilitation of the three-day examinations.
He led the checking of the exam papers an hour after the Day 3 Examinations
ended. When asked about the results, Engr. Sabarillo said on Saturday that the
results will be released in due time. (The Reaction correspondent got a peek of
the results but was asked not to reveal any information.)
Engr. Sabarillo noted that
some examinees who pre-registered failed to take fully all three exams due to
many reasons. “Yung iba may klase, ‘yung
iba may interview. May conflict sa iskedyul kaya ‘di nakapunta.” he said.
He also noted the difference of the mock ChE board exams compared to the
Integrated Course (ChE600) – a two-unit course offered to 5th-year
students in the second semester, saying “May
mga ibang subjects kasing kasabay ang [Integrated Course], kaya di maka-focus ang mga estudyante. Hindi
pa sila arál na arál. Ito kasing [ChE Mock Board Exams], tinatayang
nakapag-aral na [para sa boards] ang mga estudyante.”
The 2015 November ChE
Licensure Examinations will be held on November 13 to 15, 2015.
In 2014, the USTChE program
garnered a 69.12% overall passing rate in the ChE licensure examinations.
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