NCLEX Exam offered from India from Jan 2006 ?

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Aug 17, 2005

Let me guess it's going to be offered in a language other than English too. :)

lawrence01 · Aug 18, 2005

This is very good news. Any news about offering it in the Phil.? I don't think it will be offered in other languages, though.

suzanne4, RN · Aug 18, 2005

They do not expect Philippines for awhile due to security issues there.

Security plays an extremely important part of this.

They have actually been in discussions with several different countries, but it is probably going to be longer. One issue is also the government for giving approval. That has been one of the biggest issues with CGFNS expanding to other countries.

NYrnTX · Aug 18, 2005

Not sure at this time. I heard that Indian folks have some discussion with Casy Marks, Director of Testing Services NCSBN.

Other countries may also be there in the pipeline.

This is very good news. Any news about offering it in the Phil.? I don't think it will be offered in other languages, though.

Rep · Aug 18, 2005

They do not expect Philippines for awhile due to security issues there.
Security plays an extremely important part of this.
They have actually been in discussions with several different countries, but it is probably going to be longer. One issue is also the government for giving approval. That has been one of the biggest issues with CGFNS expanding to other countries.

I don't agree with the security issue that was raised by the NCSBN for not putting a center here for the NCLEX exams. CGFNS is offered three times a year here. The TOEFL and IELTS are given daily and the TSE monthly. When I took the CGFNS, who were the proctors or examiners who gave the test? They are Americans. Did they raised the security issue? It just shows that some people at the NCSBN are so "narrow minded." Forgive my word. Majority of foreign nurses who took the exams are Filipinos and Indians. Few are from Korea and Hongkong. I hope that the management of NCSBN will see the real picture and put up a center here in the Philippines and other places where there are foreign nurses applying to work in the US.

Having a center here will benefit a lot of Filipino nurses and for the majority of them, less expense for the nurses and the recruiters.

Another good thing is that, Filipino nurses who will immigrate are already US licensed.

NYrnTX · Aug 18, 2005

Rep,

I see your point and I agree 100% about the need to conduct NCLEX atleast in Phili and India.

But there is a practicability issue there. CGFNS is directly administered by CGFNS where as NCLEX is not directly administered by NCSBN. They Contract PearsonVue to do that. This could be one reason NCSBN will think twice about offering an exam in a foreign country. They want to make sure that exam is conducted without any Fraud.

Even here in US, all PearsonVue Centers are not authorized to conduct NCLEX exams. NCSBN have selected very few to do that after careful examination of the centre. To be precise, in Houston, TX there are atleast 20 Pearson Vue centers but only two are authorized to conduct NCLEX exam.

Lets hope they find means to conduct NCLEX in more foreign countries in the near future.

I don't agree with the security issue that was raised by the NCSBN for not putting a center here for the NCLEX exams. CGFNS is offered three times a year here. The TOEFL and IELTS are given daily and the TSE monthly. When I took the CGFNS, who were the proctors or examiners who gave the test? They are Americans. Did they raised the security issue? It just shows that some people at the NCSBN are so "narrow minded." Forgive my word. Majority of foreign nurses who took the exams are Filipinos and Indians. Few are from Korea and Hongkong. I hope that the management of NCSBN will see the real picture and put up a center here in the Philippines and other places where there are foreign nurses applying to work in the US.
Having a center here will benefit a lot of Filipino nurses and for the majority of them, less expense for the nurses and the recruiters.
Another good thing is that, Filipino nurses who will immigrate are already US licensed.

suzanne4, RN · Aug 19, 2005

Security was the reason given last year when the three foreign centers were announced, not by me but by the Board. They said that they would take a year or two before adding any more centers and where they chose would be related to security in the area. That was their primary concern.

Rep · Aug 20, 2005

Rep,
I see your point and I agree 100% about the need to conduct NCLEX atleast in Phili and India.
But there is a practicability issue there. CGFNS is directly administered by CGFNS where as NCLEX is not directly administered by NCSBN. They Contract PearsonVue to do that. This could be one reason NCSBN will think twice about offering an exam in a foreign country. They want to make sure that exam is conducted without any Fraud.
Even here in US, all PearsonVue Centers are not authorized to conduct NCLEX exams. NCSBN have selected very few to do that after careful examination of the centre. To be precise, in Houston, TX there are atleast 20 Pearson Vue centers but only two are authorized to conduct NCLEX exam.
Lets hope they find means to conduct NCLEX in more foreign countries in the near future.

I agree with your post!

Rep · Aug 20, 2005

Security was the reason given last year when the three foreign centers were announced, not by me but by the Board. They said that they would take a year or two before adding any more centers and where they chose would be related to security in the area. That was their primary concern.

Yes, it was the board of the NCSBN that agree on the security issue for not putting up a center here. I read that several months ago in some local newspapers here in the Philippines.

NYrnTX · Nov 12, 2005

since i've received many emails from members about this topic, here is the latest on this...

ncsbn was scheduled to take their decision by mid-october but for some reason, its been postponed to mid-december.

stay tuned.

i have heard some news that ncsbn is currently on talks with folks from india about offering the nclex exam in india. at this point, i am not sure whether it is correct or not. it appears that ncsbn will take a decision about this by october 2005 and the official announcement (if any) will happen on jan 2006.
since they have successfully implemented nclex in 3 foreign countries, i am optmistic that they will spread it to more countires and, as anyone can guess, india and philippines will be their first choice for expansion since these countries have more nurses wanting to work in us as an rn.
at this point its a wait and watch game..so, let's wait and see how it turns up.

NYrnTX · Feb 14, 2006

as expected, ncsbn has officially announced their decision to open testing centres in india and some other countries. refer www.ncsbn.org for details.