MANILA, Philippines—The Supreme Court temporarily stopped the Legal Education Board (LEB) from implementing the Philippine Law School Admission Test (Philsat) as a requirement for students’ admission in law schools nationwide. A source said the resolution issuing the temporary restraining order may be released today, March 16 or on Monday. During the pilot test, law schools are still allowed to enroll students who took the examinations but did not pass the tests. The memorandum issued in 2016 provided for mechanisms to a day’s aptitude test to gauge the academic potentials of an examinee who wants to enroll in law schools. Petitons were filed questioning the constitutionality of Republic Act 7662, the Legal Education Reform Act, which became the basis for the issuance of LEB Memorandum Order No.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 16, 2019 03:11 UTC