ROOM ASSIGNMENTS: October 2025 Optometrists Licensure Exam (OLE)

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) releases the room assignments for th October 2025 Optometrists Licensure Exam (OLE) a few days before the examination.

This year’s Optometrists Licensure Exam (OLE) will be conducted on October 1, 2, & 3, 2025.

Room Assignments

Below are the Room Assignments for the October 2025 OLE:

Complete
- Manila (Complete)
Written

Examinees shall report before 6:30 in the morning on the said date because latecomers will not be admitted.

Things to Bring Examination day

Here are the things to bring during the examination proper:

Notice of Admission
Official Receipt
One (1) piece of metered-stamped window mailing envelope
Two (2) or more pencils (NO. 2)
Ball pens (black ink only)
One (1) piece long brown envelope
One (1) piece long transparent/plastic envelope (for keeping your valuables and other allowed items)

Dress Code on Examination Day

Here are the specified dress codes from PRC:

For male examinees, tucked-in white polo shirt with collar (without any seal, logo, or mark); decent pants or slacks
For female examinees, tucked-in white blouse or shirt with collar (without any seal, logo, or mark); decent pants or slacks

Prohibited Items Inside the Exam Rooms:

Books, notes, review materials, and other printed materials containing coded information or formulas
Calculators which are programmable or with embedded functions, especially CASIO FX991ES and CASIO FX-991ES plus
Apple, Samsung and other smart watches, cellular phones, ear plugs, transmitters, portable computers, Bluetooth and other electronic devices which may be used for communication purposes;
Bags of any kind (place your documents inside the transparent/plastic envelope)
Other examination aides not stated in this program

All personal belongings of the examinees shall be surrendered to the proctor and shall be placed in a secured space within the examination room.

The rules on the conduct of bodily search, an inspection of personal belongings of the examinees, and the seizure/confiscation of prohibited items during the licensure exam (Annex A of PRC Memorandum Order No. 57, s. 2020) shall be strictly observed.

Exam Coverage

The October 2025 Optometrists Licensure Exam (OLE) will cover the following topics:

Written
- Physiological Optics, Binocular Vision and Perception (15%)
- Primary Care and Refraction (15%)
- Ocular Diseases and Ocular Emergencies (10%)
- Ethics, Jurisprudence, Practice, Management, Public Health (10%)
- Theoretical, Practical Optics and Opthalmic Dispensing (15%)
Practical
- Objective Examination (20%)
- Subjective Examination (20%)
- Ophthalmic Lens Laboratory (20%)
- Clinical Optometry (20%)
- Contact Lens Practice (20%)

References

Program for October 2025 Optometrists Licensure Exam (OLE) from PRC.

Exam Statistics & Passing Rate

Exam Date	No. of Examinees	No. of Passers	Passing Rate
October 2024	327	297	90.83%
October 2023	226	153	67.70%
October 2022	285	179	62.81%
December 2021	254	226	88.98%
March 2021	234	206	88.03%
July 2019	260	295	88.14%
July 2018	188	222	84.68%
July 2017	169	138	81.66%
July 2016	131	112	85.50%
July 2015	114	105	92.11%
July 2014	118	111	94.07%

PRC Regional Offices Directory

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