Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
@ueson City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

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House BrLLNo. 15?

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill aims to declare the conferment of a masteral degree
equivalent to professional eligibility in the civil service.

The Civil Service Commission is constitutionally mandated to
Promote morale, efficiency, integrity, responsiveness, progressiveness,
and courtesy in the Civil Service.

It envisions that appointments in the civil service be made only
according to merit and fitness to be determined by competitive
examination, except those positions which are policy-determining,
primarily confidential or highly technical. Pursuant to this, the
Commission administers the professional and sub-professional
examinations all over the country, passers of which would qualify for
appointment to first and second level posts in government offices.

By virtue of Republic Act No. 1080, the bar examinations and the
examinations given by the various boards of examiners of the
Government are declared as civil service examinations. Hence, those who
passed these examinations may be appointed into the civil service without
the necessity of passing the civil service examinations, except those
Positions requiring highly specialized knowledge not covered by the
ordinary board examinations.

This bill aims to grant the same if not a more fitting privilege to
conferees of masteral degrees recognizing their educational competence
and fitness for appointment or promotion to career positions in the civil
service by reason of their having completed post graduate studies which

are equivalent, if not more than passing the bar or board examinations.

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DECLARING A MASTERAL DEGREE AS EQUIVALENT TO PROFESSIONAL ELIGIBILITY IN THE CIVIL SERVIC


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‘Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quesan City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1572
House BrLL No. 157

AN ACT DECLARING THE CONFERMENT OF A MASTERAL DEGREE
AS EQUIVALENT TO PROFESSIONAL ELIGIBILITY IN THE
CIVIL SERVICE

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

SECTION 1. The conferment of a masteral degree by an institution of
higher learning duly accredited by the Commission on Higher Education is
hereby declared as equivalent to professional eligibility in the civil service
for purposes of appointment to positions requiring professional eligibility
in the classified service in the Government or any of its branches,
subdivisions, instrumentalities and agencies including government owned
or controlled corporations with original charters, except with regard to
positions requiring highly specialized knowledge not covered by the
masteral degree of the holder.

Sec. 2. The registrars or other responsible officers of duly
accredited colleges and universities offering masteral degrees shall
regularly furnish the Civil Service Commission with a list of graduates of
their respective colleges or universities who have been conferred with

masteral degrees within sixty (60) days from conferment.


Sec. 3. 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 shall be deemed
to commence from the approval hereof.

Sec. 4. The Civil Service Commission shall promulgate the rules
and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the
completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of
general circulation.

Approved,