THE PROFESSIONAL Regulation Commission filed an administrative complaint against an examinee who hired a proxy to take the Licensure Examination for Teachers.

“An administrative complaint for violation of the General Instructions to Examinees has already been filed motu proprio by the PRC against the examinee who secured the services of the apprehended proxy,” the PRC said in a statement.

The commission said that it apprehended the impersonator who was caught taking the exam on behalf of a certain examinee in one of the testing venues in Region IX.

The impersonator was taken to the office of the National Bureau of Investigation In Pagadian “for the institution of applicable criminal charges.”

“With the vigilant and prudent action taken by the PRC examination personnel in verifying the identity of the examinees, the NBI, upon report, apprehended the proxy examinee during the conduct of the exam,” PRC said.

The commission warned the public not to engage in fraudulent activities such as “proxy test-taking just to take and pass the licensure examination.”

“The PRC exercises vigilance in ascertaining the identity of the persons taking the licensure examination and employs rigorous authentication procedures to deter the acts of proxy testing,” it said. “Violators who will be caught in the said act shall be sanctioned administratively and criminally and shall be penalized accordingly.”