Article 127p. 127

ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND LAW OF PUBLIC OFFICERS TEXT AND RULES

special investigators. Such persons shall be designated

examiners or investigators of the Commission and shall

perform such duties as the Commission may require, and

in the performance of such duties they shall be under its

exclusive control. Members of the examining committees,

special examiners or special investigators so designated

may be given allowances or per diems for their services,

to be paid out of the funds of, and at a rate to be

determined by the Commission.

SECTION 10. All officers of the Civil Service shall

facilitate the holding of civil service examinations. Those

in custody of public buildings at places where such

examinations are held shall, for this purpose, permit and

arrange the use of suitable rooms under their charge and

the furnishing and lighting of the same when necessary.

SECTION 11. In line with the national policy to facilitate

the integration of the members of cultural communities

and accelerate the development of the areas occupied by

them, the Commission shall give special civil service

examinations to qualify them for appointment in the civil

service.

SECTION 12. Appeals in connection with examinations

shall be as follows:

(a) Appeal from the disapproval of an application after

an

applicant

has been provisionally admitted to an

examination shall be filed in writing by the applicant with

the Commission within ten days from the date of receipt

by him of the notice of such disapproval. Thereafter, no

appeal shall be entertained.

(b) When an applicant is required to submit certain

papers

or

to

comply

with

other

requirements

in

connection with his application for examination, he shall

submit such papers or comply with such requirements

on or before the date of the examination. Failure of the

applicant to comply as provided herein shall disqualify

him from taking the examination.

(c) Appeal from the rating obtained or request for a

rechecking of an objective type of examination shall be

filed in writing by the examinee within a period of 120

days

from

the

date

of

release

of

the

examination

concerned, and after payment of the amount prescribed

by the Commission. Thereafter, no appeal or request for

rechecking shall be entertained.

RULE III Ratings and Eligibilities

SECTION

1.

Examination

papers

shall

be

rated

according to their excellence on a scale of 0% to 100% and

the subjects of each examination shall be given such

relative weights as the Commission may prescribe. The

passing

grade

in

written

examinations,

except

for

examinations covered by special laws, shall be at least

80%.

SECTION 2. Subject to the provisions of these Rules,

every examinee who obtains a general rating of 80% or

over shall be eligible for appointment to those positions

for which the examination was given.

SECTION

3.

Eligibility resulting from civil service

examinations which require less than four years of college

studies shall be appropriate for appointment to positions

in the first level, and that from examinations which

require at least four years of college studies shall be

appropriate for positions in the second level.

SECTION 4. Pursuant to Executive Order No. 132, s.

1948, of the Office of the President, five points shall be

added to the ratings earned by a veteran in a civil service

examination which shall be credited to him for entrance

to and promotion in the service. For purposes of this Rule,

a "veteran" shall include any person who has served in the

military service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, in

the regularly constituted armed forces of World War II or

in the non-regularly organized unit in the Philippines

during

World

War

II

and

whose

services

are

duly

recognized by the Government.

Ten points shall be added to the earned rating of the

following examinees: (a) a veteran who establishes by

official

records the existence of a service-connected

disability; (b) a widow of a veteran; and (c) a wife of a

veteran who himself cannot qualify for appointment in

the civil service due to a service-connected disability.

Further, pursuant to EO 790, s. 1982 likewise of the

Office of the President, any one child of a veteran in cases

where the veteran himself or his wife failed to avail

himself of the preference rating due to disqualification for

appointment or disability, may also avail of an added ten

points to his earned rating.

The preference rating in an examination shall be

granted by the Commission at any time upon the request

of the applicant and upon submission of the documents

required by the Commission even if not declared in his

application. This preference rating, however, shall not

apply to the Professional Board Examination for Teachers

(PBET).

SECTION 5. The results of any particular civil service

examination held in a number of places on the same date

shall

be

released

simultaneously.

The

names

of

examinees who obtained the required passing grades in

an examination shall be entered in a register of eligibles.

SECTION 6. The names of those who pass the bar or

board examinations shall be automatically entered in the

corresponding register of eligibles under Republic Act No.

1080 without need for issuance of certificates. For this

purpose,

the

Supreme

Court

and

the

Professional

Regulations Commission shall furnish the Commission

with the official lists of successful candidates in each

examination.

SECTION

7.

Eligibility

shall

also

be

granted

automatically

to

honor

graduates,

subject

to

the

provisions of Presidential Decree No. 907 , as amended.

SECTION 8. Eligibility resulting from civil service, bar,

and board examinations shall be effective on the date of

the release of the results of the examinations. These

eligibilities shall not prescribe.

RULE IV Qualification Standards

SECTION 1. To insure that a person appointed in the

career service can satisfactorily perform the duties and

assume the responsibilities of the position to which he is

being appointed, his fitness shall be initially determined

by the appointing officer on the basis of the qualification

standards established for the position.

For this purpose, qualification standards shall be

established for all positions in the first and second levels.

SECTION 2. A qualification standard is a statement of

the minimum qualifications for a position which shall

include

education,

experience,

training,

civil

service

eligibility, and physical characteristics and personality

traits required by the job.

SECTION 3. Qualification standards shall be used as

basis

for

civil

service

examinations,

as

guides

in

appointments

and

other

personnel

actions,

in

the

adjudication of protested appointments, in determining

training needs, and as aids in the evaluation of the

personnel work programs of an agency.

SECTION 4. The Commission shall adopt qualification

standards for service-wide positions in the first and

second levels and shall review and update, whenever

necessary, those already established. Each department or

agency

shall

establish

qualification

standards

for

positions unique to the department or agency concerned

and

shall

submit

the

same to the Commission for

approval. These qualification standards shall be effective

30 days from approval by the Commission. All employees

of the department or agency shall be properly notified of

this approval, notices of which shall be posted on the

bulletin board of the department or agency concerned.

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