17/08/2017
VMLE 2017 Results incoming!
The Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Licensure Exam is the exam-of-all-exams for Filipino veterinarians.
It is a tough one. The national Passing rate in the past ten years averaged only at 32.51%. Roughly speaking, only 3 out 10 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine graduates will be able to get a license and practice. It is a rare fruit of labor of at least 6 years in Vet school.
The program is currently offered at only 24 universities all over the Philippines, having University of the Philippines, Los Baños as top School for passers averaging at 89.69% in the last 4 years. Central Luzon State University meanwhile, has always secured the coveted top 1 post by an examinee consistently in the last four years! This year, will it still be coming from CLSU?
The national passing rate has shown progress and has increased to 37.97% in the last 5 years. Averaging at only 238 new licensed veterinarians each year, there are only 5000 in current estimates, veterinarians in the Philippines. Not a very big number of people to take care of man’s best friend, food security and public health from zoonotic diseases. Truly, veterinarians are of a rare breed!
Today, 8/17/17, marked the end of a three-day exam. Exam results don’t take very long to become available. PRC has announced that official results will be available 3 working days after the last day of exams, or will it be available at 6 PM the following day as usually it is? Happy waiting.