Presidential Decree No. 907 (PD 907) — Granting Civil Service Eligibility to College Honor Graduates
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. 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.
SEC. 2. Honor graduates shall refer to those
students who finish their courses with at least cum laude
honors.
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.
SEC. 4. The Civil Service Commission shall promulgate
rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Decree.
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
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