Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 3436

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill aims to confer the professional civil service eligibility to holders of post-
graduate degrees in masteral or doctoral programs.

Section 3, B, Article IX of the 1987 Constitution provides: "The Civil Service
Commission, as the central personnel agency of the Government, shall establish a career
service and adopt measures to promote moraie, efficiency, integrity, responsiveness,
proaressiveness, and courtesy in the civil service. It shall strengthen the merit and reward
system, integrate all human resources development programs for all levels and ranks, and
institutionalize a management climate conducive to public accountability ..."

The achievement and qualifications of post-graduate degree holders cannot be
underestimated. Their educational competence in respective higher field of specialization as
well as the rigid requirements of their academic years speak of great potentials as civil
service workers.

While passing the civil service examinations has been the established mode of earning
a civil service eligibility, we have not however limited our perspective by conferring the same
to certain individuais on the merits of educational achievement, skili, and work experience.

In 1990, Republic Act No. 6850 was signed into law granting civil service eli
under certain conditions to government employees appointed under provisional or temporary
status who have rendered at least a total of seven (7) years of efficient service. In 1995,
another law was enacted, Republic Act No. 7883, granting civil service eligibility to Barangay
Health Workers who have rendered five (6) years of continuous service. Likewise, the
conferment of appropriate civil service eligibility upon members of the Sangguniang Bayan,
the Sangguniang Panlungsod and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan based on the number of
aggregate period of years in office, among others, was effected with the approval of Republic
Act No. 10156 in 2011.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

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EULOGIO “AMANG” R. MAGSAYSAY


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

House of Representatives

House BillNo,_ 3436

Introduced by Rep. Eulogio “Amang” R. Magsaysay

CONFERRING THE PROFESSIONAL ELIGIBILITY IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TO HOLDERS
OF POST-GRADUATE DEGREES IN MASTERAL OR DOCTORAL PROGRAMS

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

SECTION 4. Conferment of Civil Service Eligibility. A masteral degree conferred by
duly accredited higher education institutions is hereby deciared as equivalent to professional
eligibility in the civil service. Eligibility shall commence on the date of conferment. Provided,
that for those who have already been conferred masteral degrees prior to the passage of this
Act, their eligibility shali be deemed to commence from the approval hereof.

Provided, further, that those conferred on the other hand with doctoral degrees prior to
the approval of this Act shall likewise be conferred with professional eligibility in the civil
service.

SECTION 2. Report of Masteral Degree Graduates. The registrars or other
responsible officers of duly accredited higher education institutions offering masteral
programs shall regularly furnish the Civil Service Commission with their respective list of
graduates conferred with masteral degrees within sixty (60) days from conferment.

SECTION 3. impiementing Rules and Regulations. The Civil Service Commission
(CSC) shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to implement this Act within
ninety (90) days after its approval.

SECTION 4. Effectivity Ciause. This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days

following its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,