What is Professional Regulation Commission?

The PRC has one of the most daunting mandates in national development, as it regulates and supervises the practice of the professionals who constitute the highly skilled manpower of the country. As the agency-in-charge of the professional sector, the PRC plays a strategic role in developing the corps of professionals for industry, commerce, governance, and the economy.

Professional regulation impacts not only on the lives of the 2.4 million registered Filipino professionals from 42 various fields and the hundreds of thousands of aspiring professionals who take the licensure examinations every year. More, so, PRC affects the lives of every Filipino relying on the services of the professionals.

Yet, despite its encompassing mandate and compelling role, the PRC strives to make do with its budget to support its operations, even as it earns around P382M annually for government coffers. Even as the agency operates at only half its prescribed manpower, it continued to fully perform its mandate. While its Central Office in Manila is so congested that it can barely accommodate the more than daily transacting 3,000 professionals and applicants, it tries to make up with “no lunch break” services and streamlined systems.

OUR MANDATE

“Nurture Filipino Professionals towards technical proficiency and civic responsibility in the service of the Filipino nation”