SC Awards Bar Exams Historical Markers to Three Cebu Universities
September 14, 2022
Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo led the Justices of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, September 13, in awarding the historical markers to the University of Cebu – Banilad, the University of San Carlos, and the University of San Jose Recoletos for having been three of the testing sites of the digitalized and regionalized 2020/2021 Bar Examinations.
With the Chief Justice during the awarding ceremonies held at the City Sports Club Cebu were Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, Chairperson of the 2020/2021 Bar Examinations; Justice Amy C. Lazaro- Javier; Justice Rodil V. Zalameda; Justice Jhosep Y. Lopez, Justice Jose Midas P. Marquez; and Justice Antonio T. Kho, Jr.
The historical markers of the three Cebu universities are the eighth, ninth, and tenth to be unveiled, respectively. Twenty-nine local testing sites across 22 local government units nationwide hosted the 2020/2021 Bar Examinations. A total of 8,241 of the 11,402 who took and completed the tests passed the 2020/2021 Bar Examinations, which were held on February 2 and February 4 of this year.