TOPNOTCHERS: April 2023 Criminologist Licensure Examination (CLE)

May 4, 2023

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 4,139 out of 13,000 passed the Licensure Examination for Criminologists given by the Board of Criminology last April 2023 in 30 testing centers all over the Philippines. The result of examination with respect to one (1) examinee was withheld pending final determination of his/her liabilities under the rules and regulations governing licensure examinations.

The Board of Criminology is composed of Hon. Ramil G. Gabao, Chairman; Hon. Lani T. Palmones and Hon. Warren M. Corpuz, Members.

The results were released in sixteen (16) working days from the last day of examination.

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CRIMINOLOGIST LICENSURE EXAMINATION
Held on April 3-5, 2023
Released on May 4, 2023

Initial Registration for New Professionals

The schedule of Online Registration of new passers/successful examinees for the issuance of their licenses will be held on the following dates:

June 5 – 9 and June 13, 2023

Initial registrants are advised to register online via PRC official website via https://online.prc.gov.ph/ and follow the steps in online registration. Here are the registration requirements:

Notice of Admission/NOA (for identification purposes only)
Duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal
Two (2) pieces of passport-sized ID photos in white background and with complete name tag
Two (2) sets of documentary stamp
One (1) piece short brown envelope

PRC added that successful examinees shall personally register and sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals.

Verification of Rating

The verification of ratings and test results for the April 2023 Criminologist Licensure Examination (CLE) will be available online few working days after the posting of results.

Successful takers can refer to PRC official website and use the Verification Page to know their board examination passing rate.

As posted, a passer shall only provide the exam name, the date of examination, the application number, first name and last name and the birth-date.

Oath-Taking Ceremonies

PRC has started conducting face-to-face oath-taking for new professionals.

All successful examinees interested in attending the face-to-face mass oath-taking shall register no later than 12:00 NN of the day before the date of the oath-taking at http://online.prc.gov.ph to confirm their attendance. The exact date, of whether the oath-taking will be conducted face-to-face or virtual, will be provided here once announced.

Further, inductees shall bring ANY of the following on the day of the oath-taking:

Vaccination Card
Negative RT-PCR results taken within 48 hours before the oath-taking

Inductees are advised to register and confirm their attendance in the regions where they took their licensure examination and intend to register as professionals.

Meanwhile, those who will not be able to attend the scheduled face-to-face mass oath-taking may attend the online oath-taking or request for a special oath-taking.

CLE Coverage

Criminal Jurisprudence, Procedure And Evidence (criminal law book I, criminal law book II; criminal procedure, evidence and court testimony)
Law Enforcement Administration (police organization and administration with police planning, industrial security administration, police patrol operations with police communication system, police intelligence, police personnel and records management, comparative police system)
Criminalistics (personal identification, police photography, forensic ballistics, questioned documents examination, polygraph — lie detection, legal medicine)
Crime Detection And Investigation (fundamentals of criminal investigation, traffic management and accident investigation, special crime investigation, organized crime investigation, drug education and vice control , fire technology and arson investigation)
Sociology of Crimes and Ethics (introduction to criminology and psychology of crimes, Philippine criminal justice system, ethics and values, juvenile delinquency, human behavior and crisis management and criminological research and statistics)
Correctional Administration (institutional corrections, non institutional corrections)

Upcoming CLE Schedule

Examination Date	Start of Application	Deadline of Application
April 3-5, 2023	December 16, 2022	February 16, 2023
August 25-27, 2023	May 10, 2023	July 10, 2023

Exam Statistics and Passing Rate

Date of Examination	Total No. of Examinees	Total No. Passers	Passing Rate
December 2022	33,489	11,098	33.14%
June 2022	41,913	12,698	30.30%
December 2021	33,983	11,610	34.16%
November 2019	43,512	19,191	44.11%
June 2019	20,797	7,998	38.46%
December 2018	41,341	14,324	34.65%
June 2018	21,894	7,307	33.37%
December 2017	36,516	13,025	35.67%
June 2017	20,819	5,202	24.99%

PRC Regional Offices Contact Information

If you have concerns and you need help from the local PRC Offices, you may want to call them through these numbers:

Regional Offices	Location, Contact Number & Email Address
Licensure Office	licensure.office@prc.gov.ph licensure.division@prc.gov.ph
NCR	National Capital Region (NCR) Office - Manila P. Paredes St. cor. N. Reyes St. Sampaloc, Manila ncr@prc.gov.ph
CAR	Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) Office - Baguio City Pine Lake View Building, No. 09 Otek Street corner Benjamin R. Salvosa Drive, Bgy. Rizal Monument, 2600 Baguio City Tel: (074) 661-9105 car@prc.gov.ph
Region I	Regional Office I - Rosales Government Center, Pangasinan - Nueva Viscaya Road Carmay East, 2441 Rosales, Pangasinan Tel: (075) 649-3798 ro1@prc.gov.ph
Region II	Regional Office II - Tuguegarao City Regional Government Center, Carig Sur, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan Tele/fax: (078) 304-0701 Tele/fax: (078) 304-3703 ro2@prc.gov.ph
Region III	Regional Office III - San Fernando City 2nd and 3rd Floor (New) PEO Annex Building Provincial Capitol Compound, Bgry. Santo Niño City of San Fernando, Pampanga 0956-830-5757 ro3@prc.gov.ph
Region IV-A	Regional Office IV-A - Lucena City 2nd floor Lucena Grand Central Terminal Bldg. Ilayang Dupay, Lucena City Tel: (042) 373 7305 ro4a@prc.gov.ph
Region IV-B	Regional Office IV-B - MIMAROPA 4/F Sunnymede IT Center 1614 Quezon Avenue, South Triangle, Quezon City Tel: (02) 8733-1045 ro4b@prc.gov.ph
Region V	Regional Office V - Legazpi City Regional Government Center Site Rawis, Legaspi City 4500 Tel: (052) 481-3079 Fax: (052) 481-3323 ro5@prc.gov.ph
Region VI	Regional Office VI - Iloilo City 2nd Floor, Gaisano Iloilo City Center Mall Benigno Aquino Ave., Mandurriao, Iloilo City Tel: (033) 329-2730 Tel: (033) 329-2733 Telefax: (033) 329-2410 ro6@prc.gov.ph
Region VII	Regional Office VII - Cebu City HVG Arcade, Subangdaku Mandaue City, Cebu Tel: (32) 2535330 ro7@prc.gov.ph
Region VIII	Regional Office VIII - Tacloban City Liceo del Verbo Divino (LVD) Campus, Law Building (former Department of Agrarian Reform - DAR Office) Tel: (053) 323-9729 Tel: (053) 832-2519 Tel: (053) 832-2520 ro8@prc.gov.ph
Region IX	Regional Office IX - Pagadian City 4th Floor, C3 Building, Rizal Avenue Pagadian City Tele/fax: (062) 925-0080 ro9@prc.gov.ph
Region X	Regional Office X - Cagayan de Oro Skypark, Limketkai Center Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental Tel: 0995-277-8672 / 0909-197-8244 ro10@prc.gov.ph
Region XI	Regional Office XI - Davao City Calamansi St., corner 1st Street Juna Subdivision 8000 Matina, Davao City Tel: (082) 234-0006 to 07 ro11@prc.gov.ph
Region XII	Regional Office XII - Koronadal Regional Government Center, Brgy. Carpenter Hill, Koronadal City, South Cotabato 9506 Tel: (083) 822-0822, 24 to 27 ro12@prc.gov.ph
Region XIII	Regional Office XIII - Butuan City Robinsons Place Butuan City Butuan City, Agusan Del Norte Tel: 09302291575 Tel: (085) 815 0915 ro13@prc.gov.ph

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