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A total of 29,733 examinees passed the Career Service Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) conducted nationwide on 4 August 2019. Said figure represents 11.62% of the total 255,778 examinees for both Professional and Subprofessional levels.
Karriza Gem Reopta, from the National Capital Region (NCR), bested 224,777 Professional level examinees with a rating of 88.91, while Sidney Dani Gelito, from Southern Tagalog topped the Subprofessional test with a 90.14 rating out of 31,001 examinees.
The CSC said the new eligibles can be appointed to first level (clerical, trades, crafts, and custodial service), and second level (professional, technical, and scientific) positions in the government career service that do not involve practice of profession or are covered by special laws. The Subprofessional eligibles can be appointed only to first level positions while the Professional eligible can be appointed to either first or second level positions. Aside from eligibility, an aspirant for a government career service position must further meet education, experience, training, and other competency requirements of the position, the CSC stressed.
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The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is inviting all job seekers to participate in the 2019 Government Job Fair. This activity is part of the 2019 Philippine Civil Service Anniversary (PCSA) celebration with the theme CSC at 119: Upholding Integrity and Building a High-Trust Society.
CSC Central and Regional Offices will hold online and onsite job fairs in selected venues nationwide.
Onsite job fair
In Metro Manila, the CSC National Capital Region will host a job fair at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, Magsaysay Avenue, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City on 24 September 2019, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Twelve (12) civil service examinations are slated for 2020, with the Career Service Professional and Subprofessional Level examinations, which draws the biggest number of examinees, to be conducted twice.
The Career Service Examination (CSE) Pen and Paper Test (Professional and Subprofessional Levels) will be conducted on 15 March 2020, with application period from 16 December 2019 to 15 January 2020; and on 9 August 2020, with application period from 11 May to 10 June 2020.
The CSE is a general ability test designed to measure an individual’s preparedness to enter government service. Passing the CSE would result in the conferment of either Professional or Subprofessional eligibility that is needed, among others, for permanent appointment to corresponding career service positions in the government except those that involve the practice of profession or are covered by special laws.
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte conferred the Outstanding Government Workers Award to government service exemplars during the awards rites yesterday, 10 September 2019 in Malacañang.
Leading this year’s awardees are scientists whose initiatives in agriculture, medicine, and space administration led to breakthroughs.
Dr. Joselito R. Chavez of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute provided patients afflicted with leptospirosis with pulmonary complications a second lease on life by championing the use of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). Before ECMO, mortality rate was 100%, but now, survival rate is at 62.5%.
Meanwhile, Scientist 1 Ricardo F. Orge of the Philippine Rice Research invented the Continuous Type Rice Hull Carbonizer, a machine that processes rice hull biochar and enhances the property of the soil as well as the Kwebo, a multi-purpose typhoon-resistant farm structure designed for mushroom production in place of rice during rainy season.
Read more: President Duterte awards outstanding government workers
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Around 17,000 runners, mostly government workers, participated in the R.A.C.E. to Serve Fun Run on 1 September 2019 in Manila.
Organized by the Civil Service Commission (CSC)-National Capital Region, the race began at 5 a.m. at the Quirino Grandstand as runners made their way through the southbound and northbound lanes of Roxas Boulevard.
Serving as the official kickoff activity for the month-long Philippine Civil Service Anniversary (PCSA) celebration in September, the event aimed to raise funds for the Pamanang Lingkod Bayani (PLBi), a program that provides one-time financial assistance and scholarship opportunities for the loved ones left behind by government workers who died in the line of duty.
