Lumanag Ranks 9th Nationwide, ADDU Posts 97.37% Pass Rate in Sept 2026 PMLE
Ateneo de Davao School of Arts and Sciences (SAS), through its Department of Psychology, posted a 97.37% passing rate in the September 2026 Psychometricians Licensure Examination (PMLE), according to official results released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
The figure is significantly higher than the national passing rate of 91.72%, based on the PRC’s tally of 14,146 out of 15,423 examinees who passed nationwide. The university produced 74 new Registered Psychometricians in this batch, including a national topnotcher.
Lumanag leads University’s batch of RPms
Mr. Niño Benedict Lumanag, RPm, placed 9th nationwide in the September 2026 PMLE, leading the university’s batch of new Registered Psychometricians.
The September 2026 PMLE was originally scheduled for the 19th and 20th of August 2026, but was postponed to the first week of September due to weather disturbances brought by the Southwest Monsoon, in line with a National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council recommendation amid heavy rainfall warnings.
The rescheduled exam was conducted on the 1st and 2nd of September 2026, in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Palawan, Rosales, and Tuguegarao. Results were released on 23 September 2026, three working days after the last day of the examination, with the result of one examinee withheld pending final determination of liabilities under licensure examination rules.
Under SAS leadership
The results come under the leadership of SAS Dean Dr. Nelly Z. Limbadan, RPsy, RPm, CSCLP; Social Sciences (SS) Cluster Assistant Dean Dr. Jerome A. Serrano; Department of Psychology Chairperson Dr. Analyn O. Leysa, RPsy, RPm, LPT; and the Psychology faculty, staff, and students who supported the review and examination period.
