UPDATE: Result released. Click here to download the result of the September 2009 Bar Exam in .txt format (Source: BalitaPilipinas.com)
According to the latest article produced by the judiciary, there’s only 24.5 percent or 1,451 out of 5,903 Bar examinees in 2009 passed the examinations.
A complete list of the Bar Exam Results in the Philippines this 2010 will be posted in this website later as the supreme court releases it this 6pm.
Justice Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura, chair of the 2009 Committee on Bar Examinations announced that the passing rate was lowered from 75 percent to 71 percent, while the disqualification grade in Taxation has been lowered from 49 percent to 45 percent.
A passing rate of 24.5 % astonishes me. Hey, what could be the reason for a low passing rate? Kindly put in more information. I am interested to know about this.
What is the reason behind such low passing percentage?
What is usually the score in the bar exam? Why the score is low, as mentioned in the post? Are there more than one levels or stages in the bar examination?
Is the performance of students in bar exam so low, usually? Or is it just this year? Have the causes of such dismal performance ascertained? How is the exam structured? Does it have more than one grading stages? How fair is the grading pattern?
Usually the reasons why there are poor passing rates on the Bar Examinations is usually
1.Nervousness – thinking of the outcome or having the instinct of he/she might fail
2.Lack of knowledge – usually because what you have learned is not enough to answer all the questions
3.Poor study habits – well the examination requires a lot of studying and a lot of focus
4.Pressures – it may come as peer,family and even self pressure. Thinking of that no matter what happen. You must pass
5.Lack of confidence – usually think of come what may, take the exam from all of what you have studied.
These are only the one that I know, maybe there are more but usually these are the common
The rule is an examinee must get an average of 75% for all bar subjects. Each bar subject has an apportioned rate to comprise the bar committee’s approved passing rate. There must be no grade below 50% for any subject, unless the disqualifying % is lowered, like in Taxation for 2009. It really depends on each examiner’s manner of giving points and the committee’s recommendations and the chairman’s decision.