Rationale for the Policy
- Legal mandate (Section 33 (a), RA 8551) requires successful completion of accredited career courses for promotion.
- Existing policy lists mandatory career courses vital for personnel advancement.
- Observed attitude of minimal compliance and lack of pursuit for academic excellence among personnel.
- Risk of developing a culture of mediocrity within the organization if the attitude continues unchecked.
Purpose of the Circular
- To change the prevailing mindset from minimal compliance to a culture of excellence.
- To enhance academic proficiency and professionalism among uniformed PNP personnel.
Definition of Key Terms
- Academic proficiency: High skill in educational-related knowledge.
- Professionalism: Expected skills and competence in a trained profession.
- Attitude, Culture, Mediocrity, Excellence: Defined to clarify behavioral and organizational expectations.
- Deferment, Returned to Unit, Quitter: Defined referring to personnel’s training participation status.
Policy Guidelines and Training Procedures
- Formation and regular updating of a Training Lineal List (TLL) prioritizing personnel for mandatory courses.
- Priority given to personnel at the upper bracket of the TLL.
- Eligibility to proceed to next higher career course based on class performance: top 50% automatically qualify.
- Lower 50% may still pursue next level after passing additional written and physical fitness tests as required.
- Failure in these tests results in loss of priority, placing personnel at the bottom of the TLL.
- Quitting, returning without justification, or unjustified deferment leads to automatic loss of priority.
- Justifiable reasons for deferment or withdrawal include serious illness, ongoing legal cases, death in the family, or disaster-related victimization.
- Proper endorsement required for deferment requests with validation by respective office heads.
- All courses to be approved and scheduled through the DHRDD in coordination with training institutions.
- Applications for courses must go through proper channels (DHRDD or regional equivalents), not directly to training schools.
- Mandatory submission of complete and authenticated documentation for evaluation prior to schooling.
- Coordination among DHRDD, DPRM, PPSC to issue formal orders and ensure only qualified personnel attend training.
- Commitment to assign only the best and brightest personnel to premier training institutions.
Implementing Rules and Policy Enforcement
- A directive to create detailed implementing rules and procedures involving various PNP departments and training command units.
Rescission Clause
- This Circular supersedes any inconsistent prior PNP issuances to unify the promotion and training policy.
Effectivity
- Effective fifteen (15) days after filing at the University of the Philippines Law Center according to Executive Order No. 292 provisions.