QuestionsQuestions (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 907)
To grant civil service eligibility to college honor graduates as an alternative method to competitive examinations for determining merit and fitness for public service.
It reasons that graduating with honors under the competitive academic environment demonstrates merit and competence comparable to a qualifying mark in a competitive examination.
Honor graduates of four-year or longer courses from schools, colleges, and universities of good standing, as determined by the Secretary of Education and Culture.
Second Grade: for positions requiring application of knowledge and skill outside the field of study; First Grade: for positions within their respective fields of study.
Students who finish their courses with at least cum laude honors.
It conditions eligibility on the honor graduate coming from an institution deemed of good standing by the Secretary of Education and Culture.
The course must be four-year or longer.
Yes. The eligibility granted prescribes in the manner provided under Section 19(9) of P.D. No. 807.
It refers to the period or effect of time after which the eligibility may be considered to have lapsed or requires renewal/validation under the rules stated in P.D. No. 807.
The Civil Service Commission.
Upon approval, with the additional rule that honor graduates from school year 1972–73 and thereafter are likewise conferred eligibilities under the Decree.
Yes. Honor graduates from the school year 1972–73 and thereafter are included.
Second Grade Civil Service Eligibility.
First Grade Civil Service Eligibility.
That while the Constitution provides competitive examinations as the principal means to determine merit and fitness, it also allows other methods.