By Karren Jay G. Asgar

Congratulations to all Centralians who successfully passed the September 2026 Social Workers Licensure Examination!

Three Centralians placed among the top 10 examinees in the September 2026 Social Workers Licensure Examination (SWLE), according to results released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on September 17, 2026.

Kris Anne Masangkay ranked fifth with a rating of 92.40 percent, followed by John Marlou Salido in ninth place with 91.60 percent and Sittie Maimonah Abuat in 10th place with 91.40 percent.

The PRC announced that 8,383 out of 10,991 examinees passed the licensure examination administered by the Board for Social Workers.

The examination was conducted from September 9 to 11, 2026, across 18 testing centers located in NCR, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Calapan, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Palawan, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, and Zamboanga.

CPU recorded a 94.94 percent passing rate among its first-time takers, and a 89.36 percent national passing percentage.