The 2021 Environmental Planning Board Exam is Postponed to July 2022
Are you planning to take the Environmental Planning Board Exam?
Here’s what you need to know about the Environmental Planning Board Exam!
- Overview of the Environmental Planning Board Exam
- Important Dates to Remember about the Environmental Planning Board Exam
- What are the changes to the Environmental Planning Board Exam because of the COVID-19 pandemic?
- Who can Take the Environmental Planning (EnP) Board Exam?
- Universities and Colleges that Offer Courses to be Qualify for the Environmental Planning Board Exam
- How to Apply for the Environmental Planning Board Exam?
- Notes for Retakers of the Environmental Planning Board Exam
- Tips for Passing the Environmental Planning Board Exam
- Why a Review Plan is Important
- Are you ready?
- More References and Links for the EnP Board Exam
Overview of the Environmental Planning Board Exam
To become a Filipino Environmental Planner, you must pass the Environmental Planning Board Exam.
Between 2007 and 2019, the average passing rate of the Environmental Planning Board Exam is 51%.
The Environmental Planning Board Exam generally covers three subject areas, which “may be revised as the need arises (Section 17, RA 10587):”
- History, concepts, theories and principles of environmental planning;
- Environmental planning process, methods/techniques and strategies; and
- Environmental plan implementation, legal aspects and administration.
Starting with the 2021 Environmental Planning Board Exam, only holders of environmental planning degrees can take the board exam (see Academic Requirements section).
Important Dates to Remember about the Environmental Planning Board Exam
The 2021 Environmental Planning Board Exam is Postponed to July 2022
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What are the changes to the Environmental Planning Board Exam because of the COVID-19 pandemic?
PRC Memorandum 2020-68 outlines the standards and guidelines for health protocols. Included are the informed consent form and health declaration form.
Resolution 1256 s. 2020 provides that only small-scale licensure examinations (with 1,000 or less examinees) shall be conducted unless “stakeholders recommend its cancellation as endorsed by the Professional Regulatory Board.
Also, licensure examinations “shall only be conducted under a Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) classification or better” unless exemptions are granted by the IATF.
The 2021 Environmental Planning Board Exam was postponed because of continuing increase in COVID-19 cases and difficulty in adminstration and logistics.
Who can Take the Environmental Planning (EnP) Board Exam?
To take the Environmental Planning Board Exam, you should have at least a Post-Graduate Diploma in Environmental Planning.
Effective the 2022 Environmental Planning Board Exam, only holders of “the following degrees from schools, colleges or universities duly recognized and accredited by the CHED ” can apply for the Environmental Planning Board exam.
(1) A graduate in environmental planning, urban/city and regional planning, or town and country planning or its equivalent;
(2) A Post-Graduate Diploma in Environmental Planning, city and regional planning or its equivalent, and with at least one (1) year of on-the-job training as required herein;
(3) A Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Planning, city planning or urban and regional planning, or town and country planning, or its equivalent, and with two (2) years of on-the-job training as required herein;
Section 18 (b) of RA 10587
Even present holders of planning positions need a diploma or a degree in environmental planning to apply for the Environmental Planning Board Exams.
How to become a Filipino Environmental Planner?
Universities and Colleges that Offer Courses to be Qualify for the Environmental Planning Board Exam
Starting from the 2022 Environmental Planning Board Exam, higher academic credentials are required for “excellent, world-class and globally competitive (Section 2, RA 10587)” professional environmental planners.
These are Philippine universities and colleges that offer course on environmental planning.
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- 3 Key Questions to Plan Your Self Review
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How to Apply for the Environmental Planning Board Exam?
Begin your application through the PRC Licensure Examination and Registration Information System.
Also, here are the requirements for applying for the Environmental Planning Board Exam.
Notes for Retakers of the Environmental Planning Board Exam
Bottomline: As of September 2020, no retakers without planning diploma or degree can apply for the 2021 Environmental Planning Board Exam (and beyond).
In a letter dated 9 August 2019 posted on the private group Environmental Planner.PH, the PRC Board of Environmental Planning expresses that while it “sympathize(s) with all the concerned examinees, (the Board is) constrained by laws and PRC policies.”
A position paper submitted 11 September 2019 that sought to allow unsuccessful examinees of the 2019 EnP Board Exam to retake the 2020 EnP Board Exam has also been disapproved..
Update (06/17/20): The petition to allow unsuccessful examinees of the 2019 EnP Board Exam to retake the 2020 EnP Board Exam has been DENIED.
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Tips for Passing the Environmental Planning Board Exam
According to Section 16 of RA 10587, to pass the exam, you must
“obtain a weighted average of not less than seventy per centum (70%) AND a rating of not less than fifty per centum (50%) in any examination subject.”
Republic Act 10587
This is why I recommend that you create a review plan for the Environmental Planning Board Exam whether you self review or join review sessions.
Here are specific tips for reviewing each subject area of the Environmental Planning Board Exam.
- Subject Area 1: History and Concepts of Environmental Planning
- Subject Area 2: Environmental planning process, methods, techniques and strategies
- Subject Area 3: Environmental plan implementation, legal aspects and administration
Many EnP Board Exam review centers also host Facebook groups. I list a few groups where I am a member below.
- Environmental Planning (EnP) Board Exam
- Environmental Planner Review.Ph
- 2018 Environmental Planners
- PRC ENP RA10587 Batch 2014-2019plus ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER reviewee BATCH
Why a Review Plan is Important
Creating a review plan will increase you ability to pass the Environmental Planning Board Exam.
With a review plan, you can avoid:
- Focusing much time on piecemeal references.
- Being disorganized in review sessions.
- Inconsistency of review sessions because of confusion.
Are you ready?
Passing the Environmental Planning Board Exam is an initial step towards becoming a Filipino Environmental Planner.
Becoming a Licensed Environmental Planner was a dream that God granted me in 2018.
I hope you live your dream too!
The days will pass quickly so act now!
More References and Links for the EnP Board Exam
- Republic Act 10587 (Law) (IRR)
- Department of Community and Environmental Resource Planning of UP Los Banos
- Edukasyon.ph
- PRC Licensure Examination and Registration Information System
- Frequently Asked Questions about Environmental Planning in the Philippines
6 replies on “What You Need to Know about the Philippines Environmental Planning (EnP) Board Exam (Updated June 2021!)”
I’m just curious, i want to take the exam as it has been my dream and goal career wise. I am taking Masters in Environment and Natural Resource Management at University of the Philippines Open University and I wonder why it’s not included in the list of those who can take the exam.
Hi Rona! I base my list on several references in FB posts and groups of EnPs. I have not encountered that Master’s program in any of these.
I suggest you ask your institute directly to see if the program qualifies you.
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