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But before you even start to review for the exams to become a teacher, you would need to apply for the LET first. To do this, you’ll need to submit all the necessary LET application requirements, documents, and pay the examination fee. These LET examination requirements for the LET exam will vary between first-time test-takers, as well as retakers.

Our team has provided this guide for all of those who need assistance with their LET journey.

Enumerated below are the qualifications that are required for candidates who want to become professional teachers in the Philippines:

Once you’ve determined if you are qualified to take the LET, prepare the following documentary LET exam requirements below to file your application:

For applicants re-taking the LET, prepare the following documentary LET exam requirements and submit them to your designated PRC Regional Office on the appointment date:

You need to understand the allotted time you have left to study and apply for the next exams. This is important so that you will know the amount of time you have to prepare for your licensure examination for teachers’ requirements and study all the necessary subjects for the licensure exam.

Take note, the LET is usually scheduled in the months of March and September. The application dates last for two months and usually start four months before the licensure exams and will end two months before the months of exams.

Unfortunately because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) did not open new registrations for this upcoming March board exam schedule. Instead, those scheduled for the March 2020 and September 2020 exams will be taking the LET on March 28, 2021.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world by storm and delayed a lot of licensure examinations, it is best to wait for announcements from the PRC for further updates on the new schedule of exams so that you can plan ahead on your study plan and requirements for LET exam.

If you have identified that you are in the timeframe of the licensure exam application period, you can now proceed with the online application.

To start, you will be needing the informatory LET examination requirements mentioned below before proceeding with the PRC LERIS platform:

Here is a step-by-step guide that will show you how to file your exam application online through the PRC’s online portal:

Applicants who have chosen to pay personally at the PRC office will be required to pay at their chosen appointment date and location only.

The PRC has been accepting payments via Over-the-counter at any UCPB branch. If you have chosen this method, just take note of the reference number provided and proceed to any UCPB branch for payment. However, please be reminded that the validation of this payment method will only last from 2 to 3 working days.

If you have chosen the Landbank payment gateway, you will have to select your payment method once you are redirected to the Landbank payment portal. Choose the Landbank payment if you have a Landbank account. If you do not have one, proceed with the GCash option instead.

Create a GCash account if you don’t have one. Once verified, load the amount or more than the indicated amount. Enter your 11-digit GCash mobile number and reply to the SMS confirmation with the 4-digit mobile pin.

After your payment of P900.00 has been made, go back to your account and view the Existing Transaction tab to see the status of your payment. Afterward, print the application form to conclude your LET online application process.

If you only now about one Chinese phone company, it should probably be Xiaomi, because the gadget giant is rapidly growing in the West. Putting out phones under its own name as well as numerous sub-brands, including Redmi, Black Shark and Pocophone, you've almost definitely heard of its devices.

Since 2018, Xiaomi has been making waves in the West. Now, it has a huge global market share, with no small part of that coming from the company having capitalized on the Huawei ban, which has damaged the latter’s growth.

Go into a phone shop in numerous countries around the world to buy a new handset right now, and it’s very likely that a Xiaomi phone would be in the lineup on display – whether under its own name or one of its many sub-brands.

Read on to discover the ins and outs of this huge player in the smartphone market, its products, sub-brands and more.

Xiaomi is surprisingly new for such a big company. Formed in 2010, it launched its first smartphone in 2011: the Xiaomi Mi 1.

The brand’s Redmi line was started in 2013, with Pocophone following in 2018. The Black Shark sub-brand of gaming phones were also first seen in that year, and while Black Shark and Redmi are technically owned by Xiaomi, both companies strongly down-play the connection.

Xiaomi started selling its phones in Australia in 2014 and in the United Kingdom in 2018. The company sells some smart home products in the US, but no smartphones.

The Xiaomi Mi line of smartphones is the company’s flagship, featuring high specs and new camera advancements. In addition, Xiaomi tends to release a ‘Lite’ and higher-end version of the main phone, too.

This is followed, roughly six months later, by a ‘T’ version of the phone (or versions, with spin-offs of each version in the flagship line) that typically slots into the Mi line to flesh it out with options at other price points.

However, it doesn’t end there. There are more Mi phones in the form of the Mi Mix line – devices that were discontinued in 2019 but then resuscitated in 2021 in the form of a foldable phone – and the Mi Note line of mid-range, great value-for-money spin-offs of the Mi line.

It's worth pointing out that, since 2021, Xiaomi dropped the 'Mi' in its phones names - so the Xiaomi Mi 11 was followed by the Xiaomi 12. We still use 'Mi' now and then as it's an easy shorthand version of 'Xiaomi', and a simple way to refer to the main series of mobiles, but it's no longer an official part of their titles.

Next up is Black Shark, a series of gaming phones that come with high-mid-range prices and top specs. This line usually comprises a standard and ‘Pro’ version of the phone that have similar specs, with the Pro model including a few extra features such as physical triggers.

Pocophone is Xiaomi’s newest line of handsets, and are typically classed as ‘premium budget devices’. They feature some impressive specs (such as high-refresh-rate displays) at lower cost. On occasion these are launched in the West as rebadged versions of Redmi phones.

So, on to Redmi, which has two lines. There’s the Redmi Note range, which is very similar to Pocophone. They’re known for delivering top specs for low prices; for example, the Redmi Note 10 Pro was the first budget phone to include a 108-megapixel camera. These sometimes get T iterations, like the Mi series.

The Redmi A series presents super-affordable phones for people who don’t need top specs and just want a low-cost device.

Considering all the phones we’ve listed, you can imagine the company’s release cycle is sure to be a busy one. As already stated, Xiaomi sells its phones in most regions.

First up, the Xiaomi Mi line gets released in the first few months of the year, closely followed by the Black Shark phones. The Redmi Note generation for the year typically sees a launch around then too.

Later, the Xiaomi Mi T and Redmi Note T phones appear around six months later, to complement, not replace, the existing phones.

There’s less of a comprehensive launch pattern for Pocophone and Redmi A phones; in the past we’ve seen them launched at random intervals through the year. Unlike the majority of phone manufacturers, Xiaomi often tweaks its release patterns year-by-year, so take the above as just a rough guide.

Xiaomi also brings many non-phone products to market.

There’s the Mi Pad line of tablets, which was scrapped in 2018 but will reportedly be revived in 2021, as well as Mi NoteBook laptops; these aren’t sold in all regions.

For wearables, the company has its Xiaomi Mi Band range of affordable fitness trackers and the Mi Watch collection of smartwatches, the latter of which was only launched in 2020.

Xiaomi sells lots of low-cost true wireless headphones, such as the Mi True Wireless, which are super-low-cost AirPods clones.

The company is also fairly well known in the electric scooter market, with its Mi Electric Scooter devices offering robust and relatively low-cost alternatives to the stalwarts in that market.

Finally, there are plenty of smart home products you can buy from Xiaomi such as lightbulbs, security cameras and scales, as well as a strange mix of other items such as pens, backpacks and Bluetooth selfie sticks. The company really is trying to do it all.