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The Bar Examination was finally held on Friday, after a two-year hiatus and two postponements, with over 11,000 examinees taking part at 31 local testing venues in 22 local government units.

In an online news briefing, Bar head and Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said that out of the 11,790 people who paid application fees, 11,378 people took the exam at 8 a.m.

Sunday will be the second day.

The vaccinated examinees were separated from the unvaccinated because of health procedures against Covid-19.

This year’s Bar test was the first to be held in numerous locations, was cut from four days to two, and was administered digitally, with examinees bringing their own laptops and downloading questions through a secure web program.

At least 12 examinees were given the option of taking the exam in the traditional handwritten style.

One examinee, who has an illness that has rendered his hands immobile, was permitted to sit the exam with the assistance of a stenographer who will encrypt his responses.

“Without a doubt, this is the largest batch of bar examinees, and it is the batch that will fill the void left by the pandemic’s lack of new lawyers over the last two years,” Leonen added.

Antigen testing was performed 48 hours before the first examination, while those who were not fully vaccinated had to provide a negative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result taken within 72 hours before the assessment.

To take the Bar, examinees who tested positive for Covid-19 on the antigen test had to test negative on the RT-PCR test.

Out of the 8,461 examinees tested under SC supervision, about 115 were found to be positive, according to Leonen, but some were given special consideration, including recovered cases.

“The information circulating on social media is inaccurate. “Just because you tested positive doesn’t mean you won’t be able to enter [the testing centers],” he explained.

He said that a person who tested positive and had been sufficiently isolated for seven days for the vaccinated and 14 to 21 days for the unvaccinated is authorized to enter the testing facilities, according to Department of Health and local government unit norms.

The exam was originally set for January 16, 23, 30, and February 6, but due to the pandemic and the effects of December’s Typhoon Odette in the provinces, it was abbreviated and rescheduled for January 23 and 25.

The SC had to reschedule it due to a high number of positive Covid-19 cases and those in quarantine among examinees and Bar officials.

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