Summary of Results
- List of Passers: August 2023 Criminology Licensure Exam (CLE)
- Topnotchers: August 2023 Criminology Licensure Exam (CLE)
- Performance of Schools: August 2023 Criminology Licensure Exam (CLE)
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 5,743 out of 17,576 passed the Licensure Examination for Criminologists given by the Board of Criminology last August 2023 in 31 testing centers all over the Philippines. The results of examination with respect to three (3) examinees were withheld pending final determination of their 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 fourteen (14) working days from the last day of examination.
Topnotchers (Top 10 Passers)
CRIMINOLOGIST LICENSURE EXAMINATION (CLE)
Held on August 25-27, 2023
Released on September 19, 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:
- November 3, November 6 – 10 and November 13 – 15, 2023
Initial registrants are advised to register online via PRC Official Website (Online Registration Page) 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 August 2023 Criminology Licensure Exam 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.
Exam Coverage
The August 2023 Criminology Licensure Exam covered the following topics:
- 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, 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)
2023 CLE Schedule
Date of Examination
Application Period
Target Release of Results
April 3-5, 2023
December 16, 2022 – February 16, 2023
May 4, 2023
August 25-27, 2023
May 10 – July 10, 2023
September 29, 2023
Exam Statistics and Passing Rate
Exam Date
No. of Examinees
No. of Passers
Passing Rate
February 2024
32,495
15,684
48.27%
August 2023
17,576
5,743
32.68%
April 2023
13,000
4,139
31.84%
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 Directory
If you have concerns and you need help from the PRC Offices, you may want to call them through these numbers:
National Capital Region (NCR)
- National Capital Region (NCR) Office – Manila
- P. Paredes St. cor. N. Reyes St. Sampaloc, Manila
- ncr@prc.gov.ph
Cordillera Administrative Region (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
PRC LERIS Account Assistance
If you have technical concerns with the with your LERIS account, including resetting your password, mismatched record edit, and other related concerns, you may email the Licensure Exam Division through the following emails:
- licensure.division@prc.gov.ph
- licensure.office@prc.gov.ph
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