I saw that Pearson recently wrapped up the first “PTE Global Nursing Pathway Expo” in the Philippines. I stole the below picture from LinkedIn.
One of the strengths of Pearson is its ability to identify and foster niche(ish) use cases where the PTE has room to grow (and quickly).
They do this, partially, by going to the people. Meeting them where they are, and all that. Other testing firms could follow their lead.
As I’ve written a few times here, from 2022 to 2024 the percentage of nurses submitting PTE scores to the CGFNS (which does visa screening for nurses who wish to head to the USA) increased from 7% to 50%. The percentage submitting IELTS scores decreased from 84% to 35% in the same period.
