Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No,2765__

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Introduced by Representative Joseph Gilbert F. Violago

AN ACE-GRANTING AUTOMATIC CIVIL SERVICE SUB-
PROFESSIONAL ELIGIBILITY TO GRADUATES OF FOUR YEAR
COURSES IN COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES, AND FOR OTHER

PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Conferment of Civil Service Eligibility. — An eligibility equivalent
to a Career Service Sub Professional Eligibility is hereby automatically conferred upon a
holder of a four-year bachelor’s degree in any college, university or higher education
institution that will qualify them for regular or permanent employment in the government.

SECTION 2. Coverage. — This Act shall cover all graduates of four year courses
in colleges, universities or higher education institutions as of the approval of this Act,
Provided, however, that they shall not be entitled to any promotion unless they obtai the
appropriate eligibility requirement for that position.

SECTION 3. Commencement of Eligibility. — Eligibility shall commence on the
date of conferment. Provided, that for those who have already been conferred fouryear
bachelor’s degrees prior to the passage of this Act, their eligibility shall be deemed to
commence from the approval hereof.

SECTION 4. Duty of Registrars, - The registrars or other responsible officers of
duly accredited colleges and universities shall regularly furnish the Civil Service
Commission with a list of graduates of their respective colleges and universities who have
beep conferred with college or university degrees within sixty (60) days from conferment.

SECTION 5. implementing Rules and Regulations. — The Civil Service
Commission in consultation with the Commission on Higher Education shall formulate
and issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, issuances,
regulations or parts of provisions thereof which are inconsistent with this Aet are hereby
repealed or amended accordingly.

SECTION 7. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from the
date of its publication in the Official Gazette and in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,


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~ EXPLANATORY NOTE

Considering the fundamental premium that Filipinos place on acquiring a college diploma
and the hardship that millions of Filipino parents go through just to send their children to
college, whether in public or private colleges and universities, this bill seeks to provide an
incentive for college students to finish their four-year courses and enhance the capacity or
competencies of graduates of four-year degree programs by automatically entitling them
to a sub-professional civil service eligibility.

This Act is also intended to enable current but efficient, loyal. dependable and deserving
government employees without civil service eligibility to acquire job security.

It will result in expanding their life choices and chances and enrich their capabilities to
innovate, generate work for themselves and others in the government, and move
themselves and other Filipino families out of debt and poverty.

Section 3B, 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 morale, efficiency, integrity,
responsiveness, progressiveness, 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 bill proposes to grant the privilege to holders of four-year degree programs
fitness for appointment

their educational and for in the civil service,

JOSEPHGILBERT F. VIOLAGO

2" District, Nueva Ecija