![]() ![]() “The examinee should acquire strong foundations on basic concepts and must understand the concepts needed to use the calculator as a tool. “CASIO CALCULATOR FX-991 ES, FX-991 ES PLUS and FX 570 ES PLUS are accepted calculator brand for the engineering licensure exams in the United States, Germany and other advanced countries. Calculators can never help the examinees formulate the required equations needed in the problems. Calculators are only tools and they facilitate manual calculations. “CASIO CALCULATOR FX-991 ES, FX-991 ES PLUS and FX 570 ES PLUS are not programmable calculators according to the technical experts of Casio International. He only uses the calculator to facilitate mechanical and civil calculations. The job of an engineer is to formulate the equations. Reviewees need to review 6 months or more in order to pass the said examination. “Engineering board exam is the most difficult board exam in all licensure examinations except Bar Exams and Physician Licensure Exam. “The scientific calculator (CASIO CALCULATOR FX-991 ES, FX-991 ES PLUS and FX 570 ES PLUS) have been in use since 2009 by all engineering students in their respective licensure examinations. “We, the undersigned (members of the academic community and professional organizations, reviewers, reviewees, parents) would like to voice out our opposition to disallowing the use of CASIO CALCULATOR FX-991 ES, FX-991 ES PLUS and FX-570 ES PLUS in the Licensure examinations,” the petitioners stated. Bernardo’s preferred models of calculator which were last manufactured 30 years ago and deemed no longer available in the market, the absence of consultation among the stake-holders, the lack of sufficient time for the examinees to familiarize themselves in using the antiquated models (given one is able to buy it from some store), and the timing of the notice when it could have been released several months ago to give the manufacturers time to produce and properly distribute the antiquated calculators and make them accessible for purchase to examinees all over the country. 8, 2019, more than 4,000 petitioners stressed the lack of time given to them to look for Engr. ![]() In a petition and opposition filed before PRC Chairperson Teofilo S. The said models of calculator were apparently the ones used by the students since their freshman years until their board review. Praxedes Bernardo, chairman of the three members of the Professional Regulatory Board of Civil Engineering, issued on Octoa notice to the examinees disallowing the use of Casio Calculator FX-991 ES, FX-991 ES PLUS and FX 570 ES PLUS in the licensure examinations scheduled on Nov. The Professional Regulations Commission, particularly Engr. If it ain’t broke, why fix it? That’s the question hounding a government agency handling board examinations after a belated notice created confusion among the examinees and their parents. ![]()
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