GRANTING CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY TO COLLEGE HONOR GRADUATES

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 907
• Sections: 6

Preamble

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the government to afford the

youth with every possible opportunity for participation and involvement

in national endeavors, especially those that will lead to the

improvement of communities and of the public service;

WHEREAS, for purposes of employment in the public service,

the Constitution prescribes competitive examinations as the principal

means of determining merit and fitness but at the same time opens the

door for the adoption of other methods;

WHEREAS, the government is convinced that a student who has

pursued his collegiate course as a scholar and has in fact graduated

with honors, has sufficiently shown that he is fit to hold a position in

the public service and competent to discharge its duties and

responsibilities;

WHEREAS, it is considered that graduation with honors earned

under the competitive atmosphere of the academic community is as good

as a qualifying mark in a competitive examination to determine merit and

excellence for public employment;

WHEREAS, the immediate absorption of these honor graduates

in the public service will assure their participation in public affairs

and buoy up the quality of the civil service;

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

SECTION 1. Honor graduates of four-year or longer courses

from schools, colleges and universities of good standing as determined

by the Secretary of Education and Culture are hereby conferred

appropriate civil service eligibilities, as follows:

Second Grade

Civil Service Eligibility—

For those who occupy positions requiring the

application of knowledge and skill outside their field of study.

First Grade

Civil Service Eligibility—

For those who occupy positions within their

respective fields of study.

Section 2

SEC. 2. Honor graduates shall refer to those

students who finish their courses with at least cum laude

honors.

Section 3

SEC. 3. The Civil Service eligibility granted under this

Decree shall prescribe in the manner provided under Sec. 19 (9) of P. D.

No. 807.

Section 4

SEC. 4. The Civil Service Commission shall promulgate

rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Decree.

Section 5

SEC. 5. This Decree shall take effect upon its approval

provided that Honor graduates from the schoolyear 1972-73 and thereafter

shall likewise be conferred eligibilities under this Decree.

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of March, in the year

of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

(Sgd.)

FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)

JACOBO C. CLAVE

Presidential Executive Assistant