Fred Lawrence Samante (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
TACLOBAN CITY –– Fred Lawrence Samante nonetheless couldn’t consider that he topped this 12 months’s medical expertise board examinations.
The 21-year-old native of Capoocan city in Leyte garnered 91.40 p.c to prime the MedTech examination held final Jan. 21 to 22.
The outcomes have been launched on Feb. 9.
The examinations have been reset a minimum of 4 occasions because of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19).
Samante, who completed his course at St. Scholastica’s Faculty-Tacloban, stated the primary scheduled for his or her examination was purported to be held in March 2020.
However this was abruptly canceled after the nationwide authorities declared a lockdown amid the entry of COVID-19 into the nation.
The examination was reset to April 2020 however was once more moved to September till it was held from Jan. 21 to 22, 2021.
“After all, I used to be devastated the primary time it was canceled, contemplating that I made plenty of preparations and evaluations. It was canceled thrice. It by some means affected my focus,” he stated in a cellphone interview.
“That’s the reason, when it was introduced that the examination might be held in January, I might barely give my (100%) focus as this is perhaps canceled once more,” Samante stated.
However with the robust help of his dad and mom and youthful sibling, Samante gave his all for the examination that was held on the RTR Medical Faculty on this metropolis.
Social distancing and carrying face defend and masks have been strictly noticed throughout the grueling examination, he stated.
Samante took on-line evaluations and one other self-review for 12 to fifteen hours a day, solely taking a respite to eat and have a stroll to make him chill out.
“My mama cried when she discovered that I topped the examination. I used to be additionally ecstatic as a result of all my efforts bore fruit,” stated Samante, who’s planning to check medication.
His mom, Loriebel, works as an elementary trainer at Leyte Central Faculty in Leyte-Leyte city, whereas his father, Freddy is the chairman of their village.
His youthful sister, Florence Ingrid, 17, is now in Grade 7.
Samante stated that whereas he obtained gives to show of their college, he was inclined to simply accept the supply of the assessment facilities for him to be one in every of their lecturers.
“I’ve to work first, contemplating {that a} medical course is kind of costly and I don’t like so as to add additional monetary burden to my household,” Samante stated.
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