Supreme Court To Test Computerized Bar Examinations System
The Supreme Court (SC) would test the viability of a computerized Bar examinations system under a “localized and proctored setting” this year.
This, as the computerized Bar examinations system was proposed in order to replace the traditional handwritten exams for aspiring lawyers.
2020/21 Bar Chairperson Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said that the court en banc had resolved to explore the possibility of computerizing the Bar examinations under a “localized and proctored setting”, envisioning a faster evaluation time and the earlier release of the results of the examinations.
He also said that the handwritten examinations had long been considered “to affect the evaluation of answers and distorted the playing field”.
According to a report on GMA News Online, in order to test the proposed system, the justice said that two mock Bar examinations would be held in some law schools, among other activities, within the next few months.
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He also said that the court would announce the modality of the 2020/21 Bar exams in the first quarter of 2021. In another departure from tradition, next year’s examinations would be held not only in Manila but also in Cebu City.
Leonen also said that the Supreme Court had approved the creation of a three-member Committee of Bar Examiners for every Bar subject in order to make the preparation of questions and the evaluation of answers more efficient in anticipation of a projected increase in the number of examinees.
The Bar examinations for this year had to be postponed to November 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Previously, the examinations were being held at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila during the four Sundays of November.
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