Presidential Decree No. 1408 (PD 1408) — Conferring Civil Service Eligibility on Electronic Data Processing (Edp) Specialists on the Bases of Their Qualifications and the Requirements of Public Service.
WHEREAS, the present development efforts of the government
give support and encouragement to the development of technology to carry out the
various and complex tasks of government;
WHEREAS, the magnitude of the national development programs
call for the installation of and use of computer technology;
WHEREAS, the recruitment into the government service of
Electronic Data Processing Specialists has therefore become necessary;
WHEREAS, the recruitment of qualified manpower in this field
has been rendered difficult due to the requirements of the Constitution and the
Civil Service Law and Rules that merit and fitness for government employment be
largely determined by competitive examinations;
WHEREAS, the Civil Service Commission has conceived of other
ways of determining merit and fitness when it considered the highly technical
qualifications of scientific and technological personnel adequate as the bases
to confer/grant a civil service eligibility;
WHEREAS, the fitness of the Electronic Data Processing
personnel for government employment can be determined by their proficiency which
can be acquired through training in their field of specialization;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order:
SECTION 1. It shall be the policy of the government to give
support to the development of computer technology and to attract electronic data
processing personnel into the public service and towards this end the Civil
Service Commission is hereby authorized to confer appropriate civil service
eligibility to those certified to it as proficient by the National Computer
Center, through the National Computer Institute.
SEC. 2. As used in this Decree, the term Electronic Data
Processing Specialists shall refer to a person who has at least a bachelor's
decree or its equivalent and has been issued a certificate of proficiency in any
of the following areas;
Electronic Data Processing Systems and Analysis and Design
Computer Programming
Computer Operation
SEC. 3. In furtherance of this Decree, the Civil Service
Commission and the National Computer Center, through the National Computer
Institute, shall jointly assess the competence or proficiency of those presently
holding Electronic Data Processing positions, and certify those who are
qualified for the grant of an eligibility as provided in this Decree.
SEC. 4. These offices shall likewise prescribe training
course for electronic data processing specialists and those determined to be
proficient shall be issued a certificate of proficiency which shall be the basis
for the conferment of the Electronic Data Processing Specialists civil service
eligibility. The conferment of civil service eligibility as herein provided
shall lapse five years from the date of this Decree.
SEC. 5. The Civil Service Commission and the National
Computer Center shall promulgate and implement the appropriate rules and
regulations in accordance with the provisions of this Decree.
SEC. 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of June, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the
Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive
Assistant
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