CONFERRING CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY ON ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING (EDP) SPECIALISTS ON THE BASES OF THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1408
• Sections: 7

Preamble

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

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.

Section 2

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

Section 3

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.

Section 4

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.

Section 5

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.

Section 6

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