Question & AnswerQ&A (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 907)
The main purpose is to grant civil service eligibility to college honor graduates as a recognition of their merit and fitness for public service without the need for passing the civil service examination.
Honor graduates are defined as students who finish their courses with at least cum laude honors.
Honor graduates are conferred Second Grade Civil Service Eligibility if they occupy positions outside their field of study and First Grade Civil Service Eligibility if they occupy positions within their respective fields of study.
Honor graduates from schools, colleges, and universities of good standing as determined by the Secretary of Education and Culture are covered.
Yes, honor graduates from the school year 1972-73 and thereafter are conferred eligibilities under this decree.
Graduation with honors earned under the competitive academic environment is considered equivalent to a qualifying mark in a civil service examination.
The Secretary of Education and Culture has the authority to determine the good standing of schools, colleges, and universities.
The Constitution prescribes competitive examinations as the principal means but allows for the adoption of other methods for determining merit and fitness.
The Civil Service Commission is tasked to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of the decree.
The eligibility granted shall be prescribed in the manner provided under Section 19 (9) of Presidential Decree No. 807.