With the aim to make the qualifying process for Employment Permit System (EPS)-Korea faster, a computer-based testing facility for the required Korean language test is now available at the main building of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in Mandaluyong City.

The launching of the testing facility was led by officials of the POEA, Labor Department and Human Resources Department of Korea through its EPS Center in Manila.

The new facility can accommodate up to 40 examinees at a time and has a total area of 238 square meters. The construction of this new facility took Php4.5 million.

According to the head of POEA, Hans Leo J. Cacdac, the new facility would replace the usual paper-based exam which had been held in the country for 8 times since 2005.

The CBT can only be used by former EPS workers who had finished their contracts in Korea and wish to work there again.

After releasing the list of successful examinees in the recently concluded 7th Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK), the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) released an advisory to remind the 4,744 who pass the Korean Language Test to immediately submit to POEA their fit to work medical certification from any DOH-accredited clinic for their names to be included in the List of Jobseekers for EPSKorea.

The POEA announcement congratulates those who got a passing mark and informed that the 4,744 figure represents 46% of the total 10,262 examinees. Two of the examinees got a perfect score of 200 points. They are Melanie M. Maninang and Charito V. Caballero, which both took the examination in Bacolor, Pampanga.

The 7th KLT was conducted last November 14 at the following cities: Manila, Baguio City, Cebu City and Davao City.

This year, South Korea announced that they are in need of 10,000 foreign workers to fill up vacant positions for the following industries: textile, food, electronics, chemical and metal. Since they prefer Filipino workers, they said that they will be accepting even applicants without work experience and those who were only able to finished secondary education. The news report cites that jobs in Souh Korea offer a higher salary than other countries that offer same jobs.

Read full article about job opportunities for OFWs in South Korea.

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) just released the list of successful examinees in the 7th Employment Permit System – Test of Proficiency (EPS-TOPIK) in Korean that was held last November 14.

If you or someone you know had taken the test, you may want to see the list of passers provided in the link below.

Click here to check out the complete list of passers of the 7th EPS-TOPIK.

http://www.poea.gov.ph/eps/7thKLT_passers.pdf

The 7th EPS-Test of Proficiency in Korean (EPS-TOPIK) will happen on November 14, 2010, Saturday from 10:30 am to 11: 40 am. Applicants must be in their respective test rooms at 8:00 am.

For those who are asking about the test venues for this exam, please click the link below. The article will list the test venues opposite the registration site where the applicants secured the test permit. It will also feature some reminders that all examinees of EPS-TOPIK should know.

Read article about the latest POEA updates on the 7th EPS-Test of Proficiency in Korean (EPS-TOPIK) here.