Labor chief backs 'voluntary' nursing exam retake

Saying it will bring closure to last year's nursing exam scandal, labor secretary Labor secretary Arturo Brion pushed for a voluntary retake of the board exams as required by a US agency.

Brion said Saturday he will recommend to Malacañang the voluntary partial retake of the exam.

"I'll recommend that those who want to take some parts of the exam take it, just to go to the US. This will also bring closure to the June 2006 nursing exam scandal. By allowing those who want to take the exam to take the exam, we will show the world we are finally closing the book on the scandal," he said in Filipino in a radio interview.

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