Archives for January 30, 2013

WVCST Ranks 4th in 2012 Regional SCUAA VI Olympics

The Western Visayas College of Science and Technology finished third runner-up during the 2012 Regional SCUAA VI Olympics held at Roxas City last December 16-21,2012.

The College won a total of 95 medals with 34 gold, 27 silver, and 34 bronze placing WVCST in fourth place in the medal standing consisting of 11 SUCs. The gold medals won by the college came from lawn tennis, arnis, taekwondo and pencak silat. (Pls click list of winners)

The Regional SCUAA VI Olympics is an annual sports event participated in by the different state colleges and universities (SUC) in Region 6 and aims to promote good sportsmanship and camaraderie among the students, faculty and staff of the SUCs in the region.

216 New LET Passers

The Western Visayas College of Science and Technology(WVCST) turned out 216 new professional teachers after the results of the September 30, 2012 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) was released by the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) last November 2012.

Of the 127 examinees from the elementary level, 110 passed while 106 out of 153 made it in the secondary level. The college's passing percentage for the elementary is 86.61 percent against the national passing percentage of 49.21 percent. For the secondary level, WVCST's passing percentage is 69.67 percent vis-a-vis the national passing percentage of 43.50 percent.

List of new professional teachers