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More than 200 participants from the Anti-Red Tape Division (ARTD) and Committee on Anti-Red Tape (CART) of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Central Office as well as Anti-Red Tape Units (ARTUs) from across the 16 CSC Regional Offices joined this year’s Anti-Red Tape (ART) Summit held on 24-25 October 2024 in Quezon City.

With the theme, “From Gridlock to Growth: Accelerating Efforts Against Red Tape,” the 2024 ART Summit was designed to keep participants updated on developments in jurisprudence and CSC decisions relevant to the Anti-Red Tape initiatives in relation to the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery (EODB EGSD) Act.vfg

As a venue for innovation and knowledge sharing, the Summit also aimed to enhance the capacity of CSC personnel in critical areas such as stakeholder engagement, advocacy, communications planning, compliance monitoring, and project management.

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has released the Civil Service Examinations calendar for 2025.

The CSC is set to administer four types of examinations via the Pen and Paper Test for individuals seeking civil service eligibility. These are the Career Service Examination for Foreign Service Officer (CSE-FSO) scheduled on 26 January 2025; CSE Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) for Professional and Subprofessional Levels on 2 March and 10 August 2025; and the Basic Competency on Local Treasury Examination (BCLTE) on 1 June 2025.

The application period for the 2 March 2025 CSE-PPT is scheduled from 19 November 2024 to 3 January 2025. The CSC advised applicants that limited number of applications will be accepted by CSC Regional Offices (ROs) and Field Offices (FOs) from 16-27 December 2024 to give way to the preparation and submission of year-end reports and project evaluation reports, among others.

Filing of applications for the BCLTE is set from 3 March to 2 April 2025.

Applications for the final run of CSE-PPT in 2025 will be accepted from 12 May to 11 June 2025.

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) launched its new microlearning courses on the CSC Learning Management System (LMS) during the 2024 Leaders & HR Symposium (LHRS), held on 24-25 September at the Philippine International Convention Center and online.

CSC Chairperson Karlo Nograles, along with Commissioners Aileen Lourdes Lizada and Ryan Alvin Acosta, introduced the microlearning courses, a key addition to the CSC-LMS, which offers civil servants flexible, concise training accessible anytime and anywhere. This initiative supports continuous professional development for government employees.

The CSC also launched the Civil Service Digital Exam (CSDEx), a digital mode of taking the civil service examinations that will complement the Pen-and-Paper Test mode, and shall eventually replace the existing Computerized Examination (COMEX). Developed in partnership with the University of the Philippines Open University, CSDEx is a cloud-based high-stake examination platform, which strictly adheres to the Philippine Government’s Cloud First Policy of the Department of Information and Communications Technology.

A total of 47,449 examinees passed the Career Service Examination - Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) held nationwide on 11 August 2024.

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) reported that 42,812 examinees, constituting 14.43 percent of the 296,758 total candidates, have passed the CSE Professional Level. For the CSE Subprofessional Level, 4,637 individuals or 14.18 percent of the 32,707 examinees achieved a passing rate.

Based on the results per region, National Capital Region achieved the highest passing rate of 18.96 percent, with 8,242 successful examinees out of 43,478 individuals who took the exam. Region III placed second while Region IV ranked third, with 18.73 percent and 17.56 percent passing rates, respectively. This translates to 4,153 passers out of 22,178 takes for Region III and 6,846 out of 38,978 examinees for Region IV.

The CSC also announced that the List of Passers is available via the Examination Results widget found on the left side of the CSC website or via the CSC Examination Portal.

The Contact Center ng Bayan (CCB) of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) is set to award 10 government agencies with excellent frontline service in the virtual CCB Partner Recognition Program on 27 September 2024.

As part of the celebration of the 124th Philippine Civil Service Anniversary, during its fourth week or the Linggo ng Paglilinang ng Yamang Tao, the CCB will honor its Bilis Aksyon Partners that attained the highest resolution and compliance rates for customer feedback and complaints in fiscal year 2023.

“On its third year of conduct, the CSC will again put the spotlight on the Top 10 Bilis Aksyon Partners that collaborated with the CCB to swiftly resolve customer feedback and complaints lodged through the government’s feedback facility. We want to show how the CCB empowers government agencies to continuously assess, improve, and streamline their systems and processes to ensure quality customer experience,” said CSC Chairperson Karlo Nograles.