LET Secondary Reviewer Guide: Format, Passing Rule and a 16-Week Plan

LET Secondary: Complete Guide to the PRC Teacher Board

The Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (LET) at the Secondary level is the PRC exam you need to teach high school in the Philippines. It is one of PRC's biggest exams: about 141,700 people took LET Secondary across the two 2025 sittings, and 61,561 sat the March 2026 exam.

It is also a long day. Three tests, each rated separately, combined into one weighted rating, with a two-part passing rule that catches people who only watch their average.

This guide covers the format, the passing rule (including the 50% floor), eligibility, the PRC schedule, recent pass rates and a 16-week review plan.

1. What's on the LET Secondary

LET Secondary is a one-day, paper-based exam held on a Sunday. All three tests are taken the same day. There is no Day 2.

Source: PRC's program for the September 20, 2026 LET.

1. General Education (Gen Ed) — 150 items, 15 from each of ten areas: Purposive Communication (English), Malayuning Komunikasyon (Filipino), Readings in Philippine History, Life and Works of Rizal, The Contemporary World, Art Appreciation, Science and Technology, Mathematics, Ethics, and Understanding the Self. Elementary and Secondary examinees follow the same Gen Ed table of specifications.
2. Professional Education (Prof Ed) — 150 items on the teaching profession, curriculum, teaching methods and educational technology, child and adolescent learners, assessment of learning, and field study.
3. Specialization — your major, one of 13. 150 items for most majors (English, Filipino, Science, Social Studies, Values Education, Physical Education, Culture and Arts Education and the four TLE areas). Mathematics has 120 items and TVTEd has 100. From September 2025, MAPEH is replaced by Physical Education and Culture and Arts Education, and TLE is split into Agri-Fishery Arts, Home Economics, Industrial Arts and ICT.

The Board for Professional Teachers publishes a table of specifications (TOS) for every test: BPT Resolution No. 11, s. 2025, with the PE, Culture and Arts, TLE and TVTEd majors set by BPT Resolution No. 20, s. 2025, both posted on prc.gov.ph. It lists the topics and item counts, spreads items across difficulty levels (30% easy, 50% moderate, 20% difficult) and maps them to the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST). Treat it as your syllabus.

Calculators are banned for LET Secondary except for Mathematics majors. PRC's program asks examinees to report to their testing center by 5:30 a.m., and late examinees are not admitted.

2. The 75% rule (and the 50% floor)

You pass the LET when both of these hold:

1. General average of at least 75%, using the Secondary weights:

- Gen Ed: 20% - Prof Ed: 40% - Specialization: 40%

1. No test below 50%

The second rule is the one people forget. Because Gen Ed carries only 20%, you can clear 75% on average and still fail. Example: 47% in Gen Ed, 80% in Prof Ed and 90% in Specialization gives 9.4 + 32 + 36 = 77.4%, but the 47% in Gen Ed means a fail. The 50% trap guide walks through more examples.

Practical target: aim for 75%+ on every test in practice, not just on the average. That builds the buffer you need.

Use our LET Rating Calculator (choose Secondary) to check your practice scores against both rules at once.

If you fall within 5 points of the passing average, RA 9293 allows you to apply for a special permit to work as a para-teacher.

Taking LET Elementary instead? It has a different format: Gen Ed (2 hours, 40%) and Prof Ed (3 hours, 60%), with no specialization. The exception is a newer "Elementary with specialization" track for BECEd, BSNEd, BTLEd, BTVTEd, BPEd and BCAEd graduates, weighted 20/40/40 like Secondary. Read our LET Elementary guide instead.

3. Eligibility

Under RA 9293 (which amended RA 7836), you can take LET Secondary with either:

• a BSEd or equivalent degree with a major and minor, or
• a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences plus at least 18 units of Professional Education

The 18-unit route is how career shifters qualify, and it applies to Secondary only: LET Elementary needs a BEEd/BSEEd or equivalent. (CHED's CMO 75, s. 2017 is the program standard for the BSEd degree, not a separate route to the LET.) Before you enroll in an 18-unit program, check PRC's list of requirements for Professional Teachers so you know which documents you'll need to file.

The exam fee is ₱900.

4. When PRC runs the LET

In 2025 and 2026, PRC held the LET twice a year, in March and September:

• March 15, 2026 — held. Filing ran December 3, 2025 to February 3, 2026. Results came out May 12, 2026.
• September 20, 2026 — held. Filing ran May 22 to July 23, 2026. PRC targets releasing results by November 27, 2026.

The next LET is expected in March 2027, but PRC has not yet published its 2027 exam schedule (the 2026 schedule came out in November 2025). Watch the PRC website and file inside the window. Miss it and you wait for the following sitting.

5. Recent pass rates

Source: PRC results releases. *Weather moved the September 2025 LET to November 30, 2025 in Regions I, II and CAR, and PRC released the results together.

So in the last four sittings, between 57% and 73% of LET Secondary examinees passed. Most people pass, but a large group doesn't. Two traps to plan against: the 50% floor and an average with no buffer. The pass rate breakdown has more.

A sensible practice target during review is 80%+ weighted average with no test under 70%. That gives you a buffer against exam-day nerves and unfamiliar question framing.

6. The 16-week LET Secondary review plan

The plan below assumes 16 weeks (4 months). Stretch it if you're starting from a weak base or working full time.

Weeks 1–2 — Diagnostic + review-center decision

Take a timed diagnostic across all three tests. For Gen Ed and Prof Ed, the free LET readiness test is a quick starting point. For your specialization, time yourself on a practice set from a reviewer book for your major. Don't chase a score. Use the result to see which test is weakest.

Decide now whether you're attending a review center or going self-paced. Review centers charge a one-time fee for a fixed season, so check each center's current rates (the review center cost calculator helps you compare). You can also combine the two: a center for weekly lectures, a self-paced tool for daily drilling.

Weeks 3–6 — General Education push

Gen Ed covers ten areas at 15 items each. Even though it's only 20% of the rating, skipping it is how people fall under the 50% floor.

Rotate through the areas:

• Monday: Purposive Communication (English grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension)
• Tuesday: Mathematics
• Wednesday: Malayuning Komunikasyon (gramatika, pagbasa at pagsulat sa Filipino)
• Thursday: Science and Technology
• Friday: Readings in Philippine History + Life and Works of Rizal
• Saturday: The Contemporary World, Art Appreciation, Ethics, Understanding the Self
• Sunday: Timed mixed set (50 items)

Weeks 7–10 — Prof Ed deep-dive

Prof Ed is where LET Secondary is won. It carries 40% of the rating, and it responds well to focused drilling. Core topics:

• Child and adolescent development (Piaget, Erikson, Vygotsky, Kohlberg)
• Learning theories (behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism)
• Curriculum development and the K-12 curriculum structure
• Assessment: formative vs summative, rubrics, authentic assessment, test construction
• Teaching methods: lecture, cooperative, inquiry-based, differentiated
• Classroom management
• The teaching profession: RA 7836, RA 9293 and the Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers

Drill scenario items every day. Prof Ed rewards reviewees who can apply a theory to a classroom situation, not those who only memorize definitions.

Weeks 11–14 — Specialization

Your major sets the scope. Download the TOS for your specialization (BPT Resolution No. 11 or No. 20, s. 2025) and review against its topic list. A few examples of what the TOS covers:

• English — linguistics, structure of English, children and adolescent literature, mythology and folklore, literature of selected countries (Philippine literature in English, Afro-Asian, English and American), teaching and assessment of the macroskills and of literature
• Mathematics (120 items) — history of mathematics, algebra, trigonometry, plane and solid geometry, logic and set theory, statistics and probability, analytic geometry, calculus, modern geometry with linear and abstract algebra, number theory, problem solving, plus teaching, assessment, research and technology in math teaching
• Science — biology, inorganic and organic chemistry, biochemistry, physics, earth and space science, environmental science, methods of teaching science
• Social Studies — geography, economics, world and Asian history, socio-cultural anthropology, governance and politics, trends and issues, teaching social studies
• Physical Education — foundations of PE and health, anatomy and motor learning, and mostly movement competency: dance, athletics, racket and team sports, arnis, swimming, fitness assessment
• Culture and Arts Education — arts and society, Philippine heritage, music, visual and media arts, theater and dance, arts pedagogy and assessment

Budget about 3 hours a day here. If you're a fresh graduate in your major, don't coast on it. If you're a career shifter, start your major earlier than week 11. The Specialization overview covers each major.

Weeks 15–16 — Full-length practice + refinement

Run two full-length practice days on weekends, on the real timetable: Gen Ed 8–10, Prof Ed 11–2, Specialization 3:00–6:30. Analyze which test is furthest from its target. In the final week: light review only, then rest.

7. Three habits worth copying

1. Start early. A 16-week plan is a minimum for most people, not a luxury.
2. Give Prof Ed the biggest share. It's 40% of the rating and the most drillable test.
3. Test more than you read. From about week 12, do one timed set per weekend. Timed practice surfaces weak topics faster than rereading does.

8. Common mistakes that sink the LET Secondary

Ignoring Gen Ed. It's "only" 20% of the rating, but a Gen Ed rating under 50% fails you no matter how good your average is.

Memorizing without application. Prof Ed items are scenario-based. "Teacher Juan notices that his Grade 9 students are off-task during independent reading. What should he do first?" You can't answer this from memorizing Piaget alone.

Skipping your major because you majored in it. Specialization is 40% of the rating, and the TOS goes deeper than many college courses did.

Cramming the last two weeks. Retention breaks down when you cram. Plan your 4 months properly and use the last two weeks for retrieval, not new material.

9. FAQ

What's the difference between LET Secondary and LET Elementary? Elementary examinees take only Gen Ed (40%) and Prof Ed (60%), unless they're in the newer "Elementary with specialization" track. Secondary examinees add a specialization test in their major, and the weights are 20/40/40. Elementary also needs a BEEd/BSEEd or equivalent, while Secondary accepts the 18-unit Prof Ed route.

Can I retake the LET if I fail? Yes. You file again for a later sitting as a repeater. If you fell within 5 points of the passing average, look into the para-teacher special permit under RA 9293.

Can I bring a calculator? Only if you're a Mathematics major. For every other LET Secondary examinee, calculators are prohibited.

How soon after passing can I start teaching? After results come out, you take your oath and register with PRC (initial registration is ₱1,050, done online) to get your Certificate of Registration and PRC ID. Then you can apply to DepEd through a Schools Division Office, or to private schools.

10. Review costs

Review centers charge a one-time fee for a fixed season. Check each center's current rates and what's included (lectures, handouts, practice tests) before you pay.

Start free on Super Tutor with a 5-day trial (no card needed). After that, plans start at ₱249/month with auto-pay (cancel anytime) or ₱299 to pay once, or ₱1,999 for a full year, pay once.

Practice with Super Tutor

Super Tutor's LET Secondary reviewer covers Gen Ed English, Filipino, Mathematics and Social Sciences, plus the Prof Ed subjects: the Teaching Profession, Child and Adolescent Development, Facilitating Learning, Principles and Strategies of Teaching, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Assessment of Learning and Field Study. Each chapter comes in 11 study formats, with practice quizzes at three difficulty levels, an AI tutor that explains any question step by step, and a study planner. It doesn't cover the specialization test yet (reviewers for the 13 majors are coming soon) and has no full LET Secondary mock exams, so plan your major as self-study with the TOS for now. Start free — 5-day trial, no card.

Sources: PRC program for the September 20, 2026 LET; Board of Professional Teachers Resolution No. 11, s. 2025 (table of specifications); RA 7836 and RA 9293; PRC results releases; PRC 2026 schedule of licensure examinations. Check prc.gov.ph for the latest announcements before you file.