TL;DR: In the March 2026 Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers, 63,377 of 94,357 examinees passed — 73.10% at secondary level but only 56.03% at elementary. No government agency accredits independent review centers, so every claim they make about themselves is self-reported. This page compares the twelve names that come up most and tells you what to verify.
Start With the Number That Should Shape Your Plan
The national headline figure is not the one that matters to you. The level you are sitting matters far more.
| March 2026 LET | Passers | Examinees | Passing rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elementary | 18,376 | 32,796 | 56.03% |
| Secondary | 45,001 | 61,561 | 73.10% |
| Both levels | 63,377 | 94,357 | 67.17% |
The examination was written on 15 March 2026 at 41 testing centres and the PRC released the results on 12 May 2026, thirty-nine working days later. The previous cycle, September and November 2025, passed 79,696 of 122,528 examinees for 65.04%, split 51.04% elementary and 72.62% secondary.
Two things follow. The elementary level is harder, cycle after cycle, by roughly seventeen percentage points in each of the last two releases. And the trend is upward, so the doom-laden framing you will find in older review center marketing does not match what the PRC is currently publishing.
The PRC also publishes the first-timer split, which is the single most useful number here. Of the 18,376 elementary passers, 15,670 were first timers. Of the 45,001 secondary passers, 39,446 were. Passers are overwhelmingly people sitting the examination for the first time. Treating a first attempt as a practice run is expensive.
Nobody Accredits Review Centers
This is the most important thing to understand before you compare anything below, and almost no review center guide says it.
In 2006 President Arroyo issued Executive Order 566, putting review centers under the supervision of the Commission on Higher Education. In Review Center Association of the Philippines v. Ermita, decided en banc on 2 April 2009, the Supreme Court declared EO 566 and CHED Memorandum Order No. 30, s. 2007 unconstitutional, holding that the President could not move the regulation of review centers to CHED without legislation.
The practical consequence is that an independent review center has no government accreditation for you to check. There is no CHED permit list, no PRC register of approved centers, no minimum standard.
What this changes about how you shop:
- ISO certification is not government accreditation. It is a paid third-party audit of a management system, and it says nothing about teaching quality or passing rates. It is still a real certificate, just not the thing people assume it is.
- Passing-rate claims are self-reported. The PRC publishes performance by school, not by review center. No review center's claimed passing rate can be checked against a PRC release, because the PRC does not publish that.
- A university-run review programme is the exception. The institution running it is regulated even if the review course itself is not, and it is answerable to its own accrediting bodies.
- Ask for the contract. With no regulator, the enrolment agreement is your only protection.
What This Page No Longer Claims
An earlier version of this guide carried a price column with peso ranges for every center and figures such as a stated topnotcher count and an "above 80% passing rate" for one chain. None of it was traceable to a center's own published rates or to any PRC release, so it has been removed rather than restated more vaguely.
Review centers price by branch, by programme, by cycle and by promotion, and most do not publish a rate card at all. A number in a listicle is not a quotation. The only reliable figure is the one the branch gives you in writing this week.
The Twelve Names That Come Up Most
Our directory lists 110 review centers offering LET preparation, which is more than any single guide can profile. What follows is the set people ask about most often, with what each one actually is.
1. Carl Balita Review Center (CBRC)
CBRC is the largest chain by branch count. It was founded in 2004 by Dr. Carl E. Balita and states on its own site that it runs 181 domestic branches plus six international ones, holds ISO 9001:2015 certification issued by SOCOTEC Certification Philippines, and offers more than forty review programmes. Those are the company's own figures. It runs face-to-face, online and hybrid formats, and publishes free LET review content on its website and YouTube channel. Branches appear across the country in our directory, including Manila, Cebu City and Davao City.
2. St. Louis Review Center
St. Louis Review Center began in Baguio and now operates a wide branch network covering Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, including Cebu City, Davao City and Dipolog. It reviews for several licensure examinations rather than teaching alone, which matters if you want a branch close to home more than you want a teaching specialist.
3. Ray Gapuz Review System
Ray Gapuz Review System is a long-established Manila-based reviewer carrying the highest Google review count of any LET center in our directory. It runs both classroom and live online sessions.
4. CEVAS
CEVAS operates review and language programmes across several branches, including Makati, Quezon City and Cebu. It offers group classes, online classes and one-to-one coaching, which is unusual — most centers sell group instruction only.
5. Top Rank Review Academy
Top Rank Academy sits on P. Paredes Street in Morayta, Sampaloc, Manila, inside the University Belt. It is best known for health-profession reviews and also runs a professional teachers programme. Its location is the practical draw for education graduates already studying in the area.
6. Excel Review and Training Center
Excel Review and Training Center is a Manila-based center listing LET among its programmes, and one of the better-reviewed independents in our directory.
7 to 12. University-based and regional programmes
Several universities run their own review programmes for their graduates, and these are the one category where an accreditation question has an answer, because the institution is regulated even though the review course is not. St. Paul University Philippines in Tuguegarao is one example serving the Cagayan Valley. Ask your own college of education whether it runs one; internal programmes are frequently cheaper and are built around the syllabus your lecturers taught.
Beyond those, our directory shows LET review centers concentrated in Region IV-A (15), NCR (14), Region VII (8), Region III (8) and Region VIII (8), with the rest spread nationwide. If you are outside Metro Manila, browse by location rather than by brand — the nearest competent branch usually beats a famous one you cannot attend.
Comparison Table
Formats and locations are checkable. Prices and passing rates are not, so they are not in this table.
| Review center | Base | Formats | What it publishes about itself |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBRC | Nationwide chain | F2F, online, hybrid | 181 domestic branches, ISO 9001:2015, 40+ programmes |
| St. Louis Review Center | Baguio origin, nationwide | F2F, online | Multi-exam branch network |
| Ray Gapuz | Manila | F2F, live online | Long-running teacher and health reviews |
| CEVAS | Makati and branches | F2F, online, one-to-one | Group and personal coaching options |
| Top Rank Academy | Morayta, Manila | F2F | University Belt location, simulated exams |
| Excel Review | Manila | F2F | Multi-programme independent |
| University-run programmes | Varies | Varies | Run by a regulated institution |
How to Choose Without a Regulator to Lean On
Ask for the current rate in writing, from the branch. Not the head office, not a Facebook comment, not a guide. Branch rates differ and change by cycle.
Ask what the fee covers and what it does not. Materials, mock examinations, retake access and online portal access are sometimes bundled and sometimes charged separately.
Ask how many mock examinations you will actually sit, under timed conditions. This is the part of a review course that is hardest to reproduce alone and the part most worth paying for.
Ask who teaches your subject area. A center with a strong general education reviewer and a weak major-subject reviewer is a bad fit if your weakness is the major.
Ask about the re-review policy in writing. How long it lasts, whether it covers the full programme, and whether it applies if you miss sessions.
Check the schedule against your job. The commonest reason a paid review fails is non-attendance. A cheaper online programme you actually complete beats a better classroom one you miss.
Weigh your own college first. If your teacher education programme runs an internal review, start there. It is built on the syllabus you were taught and is often the cheapest option available to you.
Sources
- PRC — March 2026 Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers results, released in thirty-nine working days (official)
- PRC — The March 2026 LEPT Top Performing Schools, Disclosed (official)
- PRC — Examination results archive
- Review Center Association of the Philippines v. Executive Secretary Ermita, G.R. No. 180046, En Banc, 2 April 2009 (full text)
- Carl Balita Review Center — company profile and branch count (the center's own figures)
- SchoolFinderPH — LET review centers directory
- SchoolFinderPH — Best NLE Review Centers
- SchoolFinderPH — Best Online Review Centers in the Philippines
Disclaimer: review center fees, schedules, branches and programme inclusions are set by each center and change between cycles. Nothing on this page is a quotation. Confirm every figure with the branch before paying, and confirm examination dates and results releases with the PRC.
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