Question & AnswerQ&A (CSC MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 04, S. 2001)
The primary purpose of Presidential Decree No. 1569, promulgated on June 11, 1978, is to recognize the voluntary services of Barangay Nutrition Scholars to the community and provide them with certain benefits, including the grant of civil service eligibility appropriate to first level positions in the career service.
Barangay Nutrition Scholars are granted civil service eligibility appropriate to first level positions in the career service, allowing them to be considered for appointment to certain government positions.
Under the 1981 CSC Guidelines, the BNS eligibility is a first level eligibility and may be considered for appointment to positions that do not require written examinations but require experience comparable to that acquired as a Barangay Nutrition Scholar, provided other position requirements are met.
Recent changes and developments on the qualification standards for government positions resulted in the absence of positions in the career service to which the BNS eligibility may be considered appropriate, necessitating a rationalization of the grant of the BNS eligibility.
Section 11 was amended to state that the Barangay Nutrition Scholar eligibility is a first level eligibility and may be considered for appointment to positions which do not require written examination, provided the appointee meets the education, training, experience, and other requirements of the position.
No, under the amended guidelines, the BNS eligibility may be considered for positions which do not require written examinations, provided the appointee meets the education, training, experience, and other requirements—there is no longer a specific requirement that the experience be comparable to that of a BNS.
No, the BNS eligibility allows consideration for appointment only to positions which do not require written examinations and where the appointee meets the education, training, experience, and other specific requirements of the position.
First level eligibility refers to a basic civil service eligibility for government positions that typically do not require written examinations and are entry-level positions in the career service.
The appointee must meet the education, training, experience, and other requirements of the government position to which they are being considered for appointment, and the position must not require a written examination.