The iGovPhil Project officially adopts the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) as the accessibility standard for all its related web development and services. WCAG 2.0 is also an international standard, ISO 40500. This certifies it as a stable and referenceable technical standard.

WCAG 2.0 contains 12 guidelines organized under 4 principles: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust (POUR for short). There are testable success criteria for each guideline. Compliance to these criteria is measured in three levels: A, AA, or AAA. A guide to understanding and implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 is available at: https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/

All iGovPhil Project services and content are currently moving towards WCAG Level A compliance. Work is being done to make the system fully compliant with this level.

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PRC cancels Tacloban City as testing site for November 2013 Midwife and December 2013 Nurse examination

Manila, November 11, 2013 – The Professional Regulation Commission announces the cancellation of Tacloban City as examination site for the November 16 and 17, 2013 Board Licensure Examination for Midwives and the December 7 and 8, 2013 Board Licensure Examination for Nurses.

Examinees who are supposed to take the said examinations in Tacloban City are advised to transfer to the nearest and most accessible PRC Testing Centers.

The PRC and the Professional Regulatory Boards of Midwifery and Nursing decided to cancel Tacloban City as testing center due to the damage brought by super typhoon Yolanda to the PRC Tacloban Regional Office as well as considerations over the safety and security of examinees and examination personnel.

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