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BoardPrep Brings Together 42 Educators, Topnotchers and Professionals for 2026 Agriculture Review
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Preparing for the Agriculturists Licensure Examination can mean going back through years of lessons in only a few months. For reviewees, one of the harder questions is often not whether to study, but what deserves the most attention and who they can trust to guide their review.
For its 2026 agriculture review program, BoardPrep Solutions Incorporated is placing significant attention on that second part.
The BoardPrep Online Review Class for Agriculturists will bring together 42 speakers from universities, research, review education, and industry for a review program running from August 3 to October 23, 2026. Classes are scheduled on weekdays from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM and on weekends from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
The program is part of BoardPrep's growing approach to board exam review: combine experienced lecturers with structured online learning and digital tools that students can use beyond scheduled class hours. BoardPrep describes its broader review-class model as combining live lectures, guided drills, and exam strategies.
An agriculture review built around the people teaching it
The speaker roster is one of the strongest features of the 2026 program.
Rather than drawing from only one type of lecturer, BoardPrep's agriculture review includes instructors, assistant professors, associate professors, professors, retired faculty, a lecturer, a research professional, and an industry professional.
Most of the speakers are affiliated with Central Luzon State University. At the same time, the roster also includes educators and professionals affiliated with Tarlac Agricultural University, Capiz State University, Bicol University, Isabela State University, the University of the Philippines Los Baños, the International Rice Research Institute, Excellon-Review and Tutorial Center, and Eco-ZERAJ Philippines Incorporated.
The group also includes eight speakers identified in BoardPrep's official roster as previous top performers in the Agriculturists Licensure Examination:
Dr. Royette Santos — Associate Scientist, International Rice Research Institute; Top 6, 2015 Agriculturists Licensure Exam
Angelica Joy Fronda — Instructor, Central Luzon State University
James Paul Labindao — Assistant Professor, Central Luzon State University
Dr. Phebe Valdez — Assistant Professor, Central Luzon State University
Dr. Fernan Fiegalan — General Manager, Eco-ZERAJ Philippines Incorporated
Ma. Pamela Roquel — Retired Associate Professor, Central Luzon State University
Dr. Celynne Padilla — Associate Professor, Central Luzon State University
Mariel Baldoz — Instructor, Central Luzon State University
Neal Anjo Alonzo — Instructor, Central Luzon State University
Dr. Maribeth Parugrug — Associate Professor, Central Luzon State University
Jaypee Estigoy — Associate Professor, Central Luzon State University
Christian Lualhati — Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Dr. Darwin Landicho — Associate Professor, Central Luzon State University; Top 4, 2015 Agriculturists Licensure Exam
Janet Saturno — Associate Professor, Central Luzon State University
June Spencer Cera — Assistant Professor, Isabela State University
Dan Charlie Joy Pangilinan — Assistant Professor, Central Luzon State University; Top 3, 2017 Agriculturists Licensure Exam
Dr. Franz Marielle Garcia — Associate Professor, Central Luzon State University
Efrelito Jay Guittap — Assistant Professor, Central Luzon State University
Gladys Dinglasan — Instructor, Central Luzon State University
Dr. Erwin Torres — Associate Professor, Bicol University
Princess Perez — Instructor, Central Luzon State University
Ju-Mark Pagaduan — Instructor, Central Luzon State University
Dr. Jayson Juan — Associate Professor, Central Luzon State University
Monique Corpuz — Instructor, Central Luzon State University
John Arris Rayo — Instructor, Tarlac Agricultural University; Top 10, 2015 Agriculturists Licensure Exam
Rocel Antonnette Rapisura — Lecturer, Excellon-Review and Tutorial Center
Seth Vincent Valdez — Assistant Professor, Central Luzon State University
Dr. Mari Joy Buenavista — Associate Professor, Central Luzon State University
Xarin Xara Ramos — Instructor, Central Luzon State University
Dr. Angel Lovely Pama — Associate Professor, Capiz State University
Katrina Manzano — Instructor, Central Luzon State University
Dr. Kim Margarette Sarmiento — Associate Professor, Central Luzon State University
Erwin Valiente — Assistant Professor, Central Luzon State University
Dr. Alona Badua — Professor, Central Luzon State University
Von Mark Yuzon — Instructor, Tarlac Agricultural University; Top 1, 2018 Agriculturists Licensure Exam
Dr. Rocelyn Barroga — Retired Professor, Central Luzon State University
Paul John Pangilinan — Instructor, Central Luzon State University; Top 1, 2019 Agriculturists Licensure Exam
Dr. Joyce San Andres — Associate Professor, Central Luzon State University; Top 1, 2009 Agriculturists Licensure Exam
Ronn Adam Pontoy — Instructor, Central Luzon State University; Top 1, 2023 Agriculturists Licensure Exam
Joshua Gumtang — Instructor, Central Luzon State University
Airene Otanes — Instructor, Central Luzon State University
Ronel Runes — Instructor, Central Luzon State University
This mix gives reviewees access not only to people who have performed strongly in the licensure examination themselves, but also to educators and professionals whose careers are connected to agriculture.
For students comparing agriculture review centers or deciding whether an agriculture online review is right for them, the people behind the program are worth looking at just as closely as the schedule or format.
Board review has traditionally been closely associated with sitting through hours of lectures, taking notes, and trying to revisit those notes before the examination.
BoardPrep is taking a broader digital approach.
Alongside its review classes, the company operates the Question Drills platform, which provides students with access to board exam practice questions and rationales. BoardPrep's current mobile app provides questions from board topnotchers and industry specialists, with content updated after board examinations.
There is also BoardPrep Classroom, the company's learning management system. The platform supports learning materials such as videos, quizzes, and assignments, as well as student progress tracking and other online-learning features.
For a reviewee, these tools serve a practical purpose.
A scheduled lecture can introduce or clarify a topic. Practice questions can then reveal what a student actually remembers. Rationalizations can help explain why an answer is correct or incorrect. An online learning platform gives students a place to continue working through review materials outside the lecture schedule.
It is a more flexible way to think about board exam preparation—particularly for students who are already accustomed to learning, testing themselves, and reviewing materials digitally.
Building on BoardPrep's experience in Veterinary Medicine
Agriculture is not BoardPrep's first full online board review program. The company has already been running a review program for the Veterinarian Licensure Examination, alongside its digital study tools. BoardPrep's current Veterinary Medicine review has helped thousands of successful veterinarians since 2023. That is a result reported by BoardPrep itself, rather than an independently audited pass rate statistic.
Giving future agriculturists more ways to prepare.
There is no single formula for passing a licensure examination, and no responsible agriculture review center can promise that enrolling in a program will guarantee a passing result.
What a good review program can provide is structure, guidance, practice, and access to people who can help make difficult material easier to work through.
This is the direction BoardPrep is taking with its 2026 agriculture review.
For future agriculturists, that means board review does not have to end when an online lecture does.
A reviewee can attend a class, revisit learning materials, answer practice questions, check rationalizations, and continue working on weaker areas throughout the review period.
And ultimately, that may be the more useful way to look at a modern agriculture review: not as one class or one set of notes, but as a system for making the months before the board examination more purposeful.
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