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5,200 pass career service exams; CAR posts highest passing rate

by Annegi Guevarra (CSC) on 07/23/2008 at 10:20am (UTC)

Quezon City (15 July) -- A total of 5,286 or 9.99% of the 52,928 examinees nationwide passed the Career Service Professional and Sub-professional written examinations held last March 9, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) reported.

Said number is distributed into 3,790 passers in the Professional level, and 1,496 passers in the Sub-professional level.
The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) posted the highest passing rate for both exam levels at 19.64 percent, or 262 passers out of the 1,334 examinees who took the examinations in Baguio City. Of the said number, 209 passed the Professional test while 53 passed the Sub-professional test. These figures, representing 19.39% and 20.7% of the number of examinees for each level, likewise are the highest passing rate for the Professional and Sub-professional levels, respectively, from among the regions.

Other regions of the country bearing high passing rates in both levels of examination include the National Capital Region (14.62%), Western Visayas (12.21%), Central Luzon (11.93%), Southern Tagalog (11.63%), and Southern Mindanao (11.24%).

For the Professional level, the top five regions are NCR (13.95%), Western Visayas (11.83%), Southern Tagalog (11.03%), and Central Luzon (10.59%). For the Sub-professional level, these are Southern Mindanao (17.65%), NCR (16.42%), Central Luzon (16.11%), and Ilocos Region (14.02%).
While CAR got the highest passing rate for both exams, Cagayan Valley produced the topnotcher of the Professional level in the person of Christine T. Battung, who garnered a rating of 91.15, while NCR has the Sub-professional level topnotcher in Nicole P. Victoria with a 95.84 rating.

Completing the list of Top 10 examinees are: for the Professional level – Maria Kristel B. Sarmiento - 90.46 (NCR), Leiana Joy C. Untalan - 90.42 (NCR), Norman Farrish A. Datukon - 90.39 (Davao Region), Jenirose B. Campo - 90.19 (Central Luzon), Joy Veronica L. Guillermo - 90.16 (NCR), Cyrill B. Molina - 90.08 (So. Tagalog), La Tessa D. Fortaleza - 90.05 (Western Visayas), Jahans S. Gonzaga - 90.01 (NCR), and Evelyn A. Dumag - 89.85 (NCR).

For the Sub-professional level – Darlene S. Menese - 93.87 (NCR), Ma. Cheryl P. Cardenas - 93.18 (Zamboanga Peninsula), Janley P. Patrona - 93.11 (Western Visayas), Ma. Josephine Therese Emily G. Teves - 93.1 (NCR), Eduard Joseff C. Alcantara - 92.36 (Central Luzon), Josef Anthony R. Clemente - 92.13 (NCR), Farah Y. Sevilla - 91.92 (CAR), Sheila Marie S. Magallanes - 91.86 (NCR), and Ruderina S. Suello - 91.78 (NCR).

The CSC, through its Examination, Recruitment and Placement Office (ERPO), said that the successful examinees shall be conferred either the civil service Professional eligibility or the civil service Sub-Professional eligibility needed for appointment to corresponding positions in the government. The new eligibles, though, should also meet all the other three qualification standards prescribed for a position, which are education, experience, and training.

In both examination levels, profile of passers in terms of employment revealed that those from the private sector and those from government are almost equal in number at 1,105 and 1,003 respectively. Passers who were unemployed numbered 2,908.

Among the top choices of work preferred by the new Professional eligibles are accounting, project planning/management, human resource development, management and audit analysis, computer operations, research/report writing, and public relations. The Sub-professional eligibles, on the other hand, prefer such types of work as computer operation, word processing, data/document control, bookkeeping, general clerical, typing, clerical accounting, and cashiering.
There were 3,425 female passers; 1,850 male passers; and 11 passers with invalid data on their gender. The passers were relatively young, with those in the age bracket 18-24 years old numbering most at 3,505.
Those who passed the examinations must personally claim their Certificate of Eligibility (COE) at the CSC Regional Office (CSCRO) where their applications were filed, upon advise of the CSCRO. In claiming their COE, passers must present the following: a) one piece of 1" x 1" I.D. picture with full name tag similar to the picture attached in the Picture Seat Plan during the examination; and 2) any valid I.D. card bearing the examinee's name, picture, and signature, and the name and signature of the issuing officer.
The complete list of successful examinees of the March 9, 2008 career service Professional and Sub-Professional examinations may be accessed at the CSC website, www.csc.gov.ph.
Meanwhile, those who failed may secure a copy of their Report of Rating also through the CSC website. To secure a copy of the Report of Rating, an examinee must key in his/her name, date of birth, examinee number, examination date, and examination type. (CSC)

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