Presidential Decree No. 1218 (PD 1218) — Establishing a Civil Service Academy to Implement Centralized Training Programs for the Civil Service.
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the government to provide
opportunities to its employees at all levels to improve and develop themselves
so that they can better contribute to the realization of agency and national
goals;
WHEREAS, the Civil Service Commission, as the central
personnel agency of the government, exercises the leadership iunction in all
training activities and programs and is responsible for integrating such
programs into a total career development pattern;
WHEREAS, in the exercise of this function, the Commission
has encouraged through appropriate standards and guidelines, the various
departments and agencies of the government to establish appropriate training
programs iJDnsistent with previously determined needs of their employees;
WHEREAS, although there has been enthusiam and readiness to
formulate and conduct training programs on the part of the departments and
agencies, the Commission has still found it necessary to conduct direct training
affecting those areas of management that are of government-wide application and
concern;
WHEREAS, in conducting these training programs, the
Commission has been guided by the requirements of a more effective and
innovative service in the New Society;
WHEREAS, such requirements dictate that the training program
of the Commission which generally affect those occupying middle management and
first-line positions', be pursued on a more systematic, integrated and
purposeful scale;
WHEREAS, similar training for higher level management are
conducted by duly-established training institutions resulting in a greater
concentration of resources for this purpose.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree:
SECTION 1. There is hereby established a Civil Service
Academy, hereinafter referred to as the Academy, which shall be responsible for
the planning, formulation, and implementation of training and other employee or
career development programs in the first and second levels of the career service
that have government-wide application, particularly those concerned with
improving the level of competence of supervisors, from first-line to middle
management. It shall likewise be responsible for the formulation of policies
that shall govern all scholarship programs in the government, locally or
abroad.
SEC. 2. The operations of the Academy shall be managed by'a
Board of Trustees hereinafter referred to as the Board, to be headed by the
Chairman of the Civil Service Commission as Chairman, the Secretary of Economic
Planning as Vice-Chairman and the Budget Commissioner, Secretary of Local
Government and Community Development, and the President of the Development
Academy of the Philippines. A majority of the members of the Board shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of its business.
SEC. 3. The Office of Training and Personnel Development of
the Commission shall provide secretariat and support services to the Academy,
including determination of training needs, conduct of training research,
preparation of training programs and necessary literature and other
instructional materials and evaluation of the training programs. The Director of
the Office shall concurrently be the Executive Director of the Academy.
SEC. 4. The Academy shall draw up and conduct continuing
training programs for the various employee levels in the career service without
precluding individual departments and agencies from conducting their own
training programs should the need for such arise. However, these training
programs shall first be approved by the Commission.
SEC. 5. Participants in the training programs of the1
Academy shall be accepted upon nomination by (the department and agency heads
concerned, in accordance with requirements to be set by the Academy. An
appropriate training fee shall be charged for such participation.
SEC. 6. For purposes of the foreign scholarship programs,
the Academy shall be assisted by the appropriate office in the National Economic
and Development Authority.
SEC. 7. The Civil Service Commission shall initially draw up
rules and policies for the effective operation of the Academy. The rules and
policies shall be subject to the approval of the Board.
SEC. 8. The Academy shall be operational not later than
three months from the promulgation of this Decree, within which period the
aforementioned rules and policies shall have been established.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 14th day of October, in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
