TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
 
 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
H. No. ______
Introduced by Representative Binky April M. Tupas 
AN ACT  
GRANTING CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY TO GRADUATES 
OF THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
There shall be established a military training school to be named the 
Philippine Military Academy (PMA), for the training of selected candidates for 
permanent commission in the Regular Force. The student body in the Military 
Academy shall be known as the Cadet Corps of the Army of the Philippines 
(Commonwealth Act No. 1, Article IV, Sec. 30). 
The mission of the PMA is “to instruct, train and develop cadets so that 
each graduate shall possess the character, the broad and basic military skills 
and the education essential to the successful pursuit of a progressive military 
career." Its vision is that "by 2028, the Philippine Military Academy shall have 
reached the international standards for military academies in producing 
principled and competent officers." 
PMA adopts a holistic view of man as body, soul, and spirit. PMA believes 
that future leaders can be selected, formed, and developed to their fullest 
potentials. PMA is principally an institution for military leadership and it is from 
this the total view of man that PMA’s leader development program is based. It 
contains character development, a balanced college education, military 
leadership, and physical development, necessary to prepare the cadets for the 
profession of arms and to be responsive to the needs of the Armed Forces and 
the nation (Philippine Military Academy Citizen’s Charter, 2023, 1st edition).  
Last March 26, 2023, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) administered 
the civil service exam to PMA cadets for the first time. PMA Cadets, 297 to be 
exact, took the exams. The cadets took the exams, as requested by the CSC, 
to validate the PMA claim that the standard of education that they are giving to 
their cadets is higher than the standard of Commission on Higher Education 
(CHED). This is in line with the plan to grant special eligibility to cadets so they 
may still serve the country, in the civil service, and not only under the AFP.  
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TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
H. No. ______
Introduced by Representative Binky April M. Tupas 
AN ACT  
GRANTING CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY TO GRADUATES 
OF THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY 
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 Professional Eligibility is hereby conferred upon a holder of a 
four-year bachelor’s degree from the Philippine Military Academy that will 
qualify them for regular or permanent employment in the government. 
Provided, That the eligibility granted under this section shall be considered 
appropriate for second and first level positions in the career service 
respectively, except those which require licenses and/or requiring board 
examinations and other special eligibilities provided under special laws. 
SECTION 2. Coverage. – This Act shall cover all graduates who have been 
conferred a four-year bachelor’s degree by the Philippine Military 
Academy. 
SECTION 3. Commencement of Eligibility. – Eligibility shall commence on 
the date of the conferment of the bachelor’s degree by the Philippine 
Military Academy; Provided, that for those who have already been 
conferred a bachelor’s degree prior to the passage of this Act, their 
eligibility shall be deemed to commence from the approval thereof.    
SECTION 4. Duty of PMA Registrar. – The PMA Registrar shall furnish the Civil 
Service Commission with a list of PMA graduates who have been conferred a 
bachelor’s degree within sixty (60) days after the approval of this Act and within 
thirty (30) days thereafter for subsequent PMA graduates.  
SECTION 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Civil Service 
Commission and the Department of National Defense shall, within ninety (90) 
days from the approval of this Act, promulgate the rules and regulations for the 
necessary implementation of this Act.  
SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, 
proclamations, rules and regulations and other issuances or parts thereof, 
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inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly. 
 
SECTION 7. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general publication. 
 
Approved,