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The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has released the list of topnotchers in the Career Service Examination - Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) Professional and Subprofessional levels conducted nationwide on 11 August 2024.

With a rating of 97.49, Mark Justine M. Domingo from Region IV topped the Professional level, while Irmengard Julie G. Gelsano from Region VIII topped the Subprofessional level with 97.00 rating.

Completing the list of top passers for the Professional level are Joyce D. Dublin (Region VII), with a rating of 96.47; Helen V. Castro (Region III) with 96.46; Ajay L. Lagrimas (National Capital Region or NCR) with 96.18; Matthew Lorenz L. Dalomias (Region VIII) with 96.17; Eunice Angela R. Torreliza (CAR) with 95.90; Jeriah M. Borreros (Region VI) with 95.86; Betty Mae C. Medilo (Region XI) with 95.75; Lourdes Sabina B. Wabe (NCR) with 95.68; and Chery Lou C. Gambol (Region II) with 95.65.

In the Subprofessional level, Gelsano is followed by Lleara Christel Rovea L. Fiesta (Region I) with a rating of 96.72; Ychigo Kriztihn Dheyn M. Lindo (NCR) and Jermagne Dunst J. Reston (Region VII) with a rating of 95.56; Thania Amnah A. Datu-Imam (Region X) with 95.49; Luis Anton P. Imperial (NCR) with 95.48; Mary Tyfanie S. Quilantang (Region III) with 95.08; Kliana Elysha S. Salcedo (Region IV) with 95.01; Jude Andrei J. Ochenta (Region VI) with 94.95; and Alec John P. Caseria (Caraga) with 94.87.

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) stated that individuals who pass the bar and board examinations are automatically recognized as civil service eligibles.

CSC clarified that Republic Act No. 1080, as amended, states that "the bar examinations and the various examinations conducted by government boards are regarded as civil service examinations.” Thus, those who pass the bar examinations administered by the Supreme Court (SC) and licensure exams conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) are automatically added to the list of eligibles.

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has released the Civil Service Examinations calendar for 2025.

The CSC is set to administer four types of examinations via the Pen and Paper Test for individuals seeking civil service eligibility. These are the Career Service Examination for Foreign Service Officer (CSE-FSO) scheduled on 26 January 2025; CSE Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) for Professional and Subprofessional Levels on 2 March and 10 August 2025; and the Basic Competency on Local Treasury Examination (BCLTE) on 1 June 2025.

The application period for the 2 March 2025 CSE-PPT is scheduled from 19 November 2024 to 3 January 2025. The CSC advised applicants that limited number of applications will be accepted by CSC Regional Offices (ROs) and Field Offices (FOs) from 16-27 December 2024 to give way to the preparation and submission of year-end reports and project evaluation reports, among others.

Filing of applications for the BCLTE is set from 3 March to 2 April 2025.

Applications for the final run of CSE-PPT in 2025 will be accepted from 12 May to 11 June 2025.

More than 200 participants from the Anti-Red Tape Division (ARTD) and Committee on Anti-Red Tape (CART) of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Central Office as well as Anti-Red Tape Units (ARTUs) from across the 16 CSC Regional Offices joined this year’s Anti-Red Tape (ART) Summit held on 24-25 October 2024 in Quezon City.

With the theme, “From Gridlock to Growth: Accelerating Efforts Against Red Tape,” the 2024 ART Summit was designed to keep participants updated on developments in jurisprudence and CSC decisions relevant to the Anti-Red Tape initiatives in relation to the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery (EODB EGSD) Act.vfg

As a venue for innovation and knowledge sharing, the Summit also aimed to enhance the capacity of CSC personnel in critical areas such as stakeholder engagement, advocacy, communications planning, compliance monitoring, and project management.

A total of 47,449 examinees passed the Career Service Examination - Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) held nationwide on 11 August 2024.

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) reported that 42,812 examinees, constituting 14.43 percent of the 296,758 total candidates, have passed the CSE Professional Level. For the CSE Subprofessional Level, 4,637 individuals or 14.18 percent of the 32,707 examinees achieved a passing rate.

Based on the results per region, National Capital Region achieved the highest passing rate of 18.96 percent, with 8,242 successful examinees out of 43,478 individuals who took the exam. Region III placed second while Region IV ranked third, with 18.73 percent and 17.56 percent passing rates, respectively. This translates to 4,153 passers out of 22,178 takes for Region III and 6,846 out of 38,978 examinees for Region IV.

The CSC also announced that the List of Passers is available via the Examination Results widget found on the left side of the CSC website or via the CSC Examination Portal.