The Civil Service Commission has released the schedules for the Philippine Civil Service Examination Paper

and Pencil Test for the year 2012. Below are the details. ANNOUNCEMENT The CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (CSC) announces the conduct of the 2012 Career Service Professional Examination and Career Service Subprofessional Examination Paper and Pencil Test (PPT) to establish a register of eligibles from which certification and appointment to the second and first level positions in the civil service shall be made, provided said eligibles meet the qualifications and other requirements of the positions. DATE OF EXAMINATION May 27, 2012 October 21, 2012 DATE OF FILING OF APPLICATION January 17, 2012 to April 12, 2012 May 28, 2012 to September 6, 2012

Acceptance of applications shall be on a FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED basis. Applications may no longer be accepted before the deadline if the target number of applicants has already been reached by the CSC Regional/Field Offices. A. EXAMINATION CENTERS / REGIONAL TESTING CENTERS: FOR MAY 27, 2012 CS PROFESSIONAL AND SUBPROFESSIONAL EXAM, The testing centers are the following: Regional Office No. I San Fernando City, La Union Regional Office No. II Tuguegarao City, Cagayan Regional Office No. III City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Cabanatuan City Regional Office No. IV Batangas City Regional Office No. V Legazpi City Regional Office No. VI Iloilo City Regional Office No. VII Cebu City Regional Office No. VIII Tacloban City Regional Office No. IX Zamboanga City, Pagadian City, Dipolog City Regional Office No. X Cagayan de Oro City Regional Office No. XI Davao City Regional Office No. XII Cotabato City Regional Office No. NCR Quezon City, Manila, CAR Baguio City, Bangued, Abra, Bontoc, Mountain Province, Sta. Marcela, Apayao Regional Office No. CARAGA Butuan City Regional Office No. ARMM Cotabato City, Iligan City

FOR OCTOBER 21, 2012 CS PROFESSIONAL AND SUBPROFESSIONAL EXAM, The testing centers are the following: Regional Office No. I San Fernando City, La Union Regional Office No. II Tuguegarao City, Cagayan Regional Office No. III City of San Fernando, Pampanga Regional Office No. IV Batangas City Regional Office No. V Legazpi City Regional Office No. VI Iloilo City Regional Office No. VII Cebu City Regional Office No. VIII Tacloban City Regional Office No. IX Zamboanga City, Pagadian City, Dipolog City Regional Office No. X Cagayan de Oro City Regional Office No. XI Davao City Regional Office No. XII Cotabato City Regional Office No. NCR Quezon City, Manila Regional Office No. CAR Baguio City, Lagawe, Ifugao, Tabuk, Kalinga Regional Office No. CARAGA Butuan City Regional Office No. ARMM Cotabato City, Iligan City

Additional Testing Centers shall be opened. Please visit the CSC website by end of January 2012.
Click here for updated list of testing centers. If you have any questions please contact the respective CSC Regional Office in your area. B. SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATIONS 1. For Career Service Professional In English and Filipino; vocabulary, grammar and correct usage, paragraph organization, reading comprehension, analogy, logic, and numerical reasoning. 2. For Career Service Subprofessional In English and Filipino; vocabulary, grammar and correct usage, paragraph organization, reading comprehension, spelling, clerical operations, and numerical reasoning. Both Professional and Subprofessional levels of the examination shall have items on General Information, which shall include the following areas: Philippine Constitution, Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees (R.A. 6713), Peace and Human Rights Issues and Concepts, and Environment Management and Protection. C. PASSING GRADE To pass the test, the examinees should get a general weighted rating of at least 80.00.

D. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Applicants are advised to check carefully whether they meet the admission requirements stated below. Only those who meet the admission requirements should apply for the examination. Approval of applications may be recalled any time upon discovery of applicants disqualification. Accordingly, the examination fees paid shall be forfeited. 1. Must be at least 18 years of age on the date of filing of application; - for May 27, 2012 CSE-PPT, applicants must be born on or before April 12, 1994 - for October 21, 2012 CSE-PPT, applicants must be born on or before September 6, 1994 2. Must be Filipino citizen; 3. Must be of good moral character; 4. Must have not been convicted by final judgment of an offense or crime involving moral turpitude, or disgraceful or immoral conduct, dishonesty, examination irregularity, drunkenness or addiction to drugs; 5. Must not been dishonorably discharged from military service or dismissed for cause from any civilian positions in the government; and 6. Must have not taken the same level of CS Examination in less than three (3) months.

NOTES: a) Applicants with pending administrative and/or criminal cases may take the examination and shall be conferred the eligibility if they successfully pass the same. However, this is without prejudice to the outcome of their pending cases. If they are found guilty of grave offenses, their eligibility shall be forfeited based on the penalties stated in the decision and pursuant to Section 52 (a) of the Revised Rules on Administrative Cases in the Civil Service. b) Those who have already passed the same level of examinations or a comparable level of examination given by the Professional Regulation Commission, as well as passers of Board/Bar examinations, and those who graduated with honors need not apply.
E. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS 1. Fully accomplished Application Form (CS Form No. 100, Revised 2012). The spaces for Signature of Applicant and Right Thumbmark on the form should be left blank. These shall be accomplished in the presence of the CSC processor. 2. Four (4) copies of identical I.D. pictures with specifications, as follows: a. Philippine Passport size (4.5 cm x 3.5 cm or 1.8 inches x 1.4 inches) b. Colored, with white background c. Taken within three (3) months prior to filing of application d. Printed on good quality photo paper

e. In standard close-up shot (from shoulder level up with the head and face occupying at least 80% of the picture and with the name tag positioned at approximately 1 inch or 2.54 cm below the chin) f. In bare face (with no eyeglasses or any accessories that may cover the facial features) g. Showing left and right ears h. Taken in full-face view directly facing the camera i. With neutral facial expression, and both eyes open j. With full and handwritten (not computer-generated) name tag in the format: First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name, and Extension Name (if any), and signature over printed name

3. Original and photocopy of any valid ID containing applicants clear picture, date of birth, signature, and signature of the authorized head of the issuing agency such as Drivers License, SSS ID, GSIS ID, Philhealth ID, current Company/Office ID, current School ID, Postal ID, BIR ID, Barangay ID, Voters ID, Valid Passport, or Police Clearance (Note: Any other ID not included in the list shall NOT be accepted)

IDs with lacking information, particularly the applicants date of birth, SHOULD be supported by NSO-issued Birth Certificate or Birth Certificate authenticated/issued by the Local Civil Registrar (LCR).
4. Examination fee of Five Hundred Pesos (Php 500.00). F. WHERE TO GET AND FILE APPLICATION FORMS Application forms are available at any CSC Regional/Field Offices. The same may be downloaded from the CSC website: www.csc.gov.ph. Application forms may be reproduced in legal size bond paper provided the same format is followed. Applicants may file their

applications in any of the CSC Regional/Field Offices. Applicants are advised to be in proper attire. NOT in sando/shorts/slippers. G. EXAMINATION PERMITS Qualified applicants shall be notified of their places of examination (school assignment) through an Application Receipt or a Notice of Assignment. They can also use the Online Notice of School Assignment (ONSA) to get a print-out of their Notice of Assignment. To use this system, examinees should log on to the CSC website and go to the Examination Announcement webpage, or type the following path: http://webapp.csc.gov.ph/ExamAssign/ExamAssign.htm in the address bar of their browser.

If applicants still do not know their school assignment or cannot access the Online Notice of School Assignment one (1) week before the examination day, they should inquire their school assignment from the CSC Regional/Field Office where they filed their application.
H. WHAT TO BRING ON EXAMINATION DAY Applicants should bring the following on examination day: 1. Application Receipt or Notice of School Assignment 2. Lead Pencil/s (No. 1 or 2) and eraser/s 3. Ball Pen (Black or Blue) 4. The same valid ID card/s presented during the application stage (i.e. Drivers License, SSS ID, GSIS ID, Philhealth ID, current Company/Office ID, current School ID, Postal ID, BIR ID, Barangay ID, Voters ID, Valid Passport, or Police Clearance) N O I D , N O E X AM

IMPORTANT REMINDERS: Failure to take the examination on your scheduled date shall mean forfeiture of your examination fee and slot. No request for re-scheduling is allowed. All personal belongings including cellular phones, calculators, books, and all other electronic gadgets and printed materials must be surrendered to the Room Examiners. Firearms, if any, must also be surrendered to the security guard/designated firearm custodian at the entrance gate of the testing center. Proper attire should be worn on examination day.NOT IN SANDO/SHORTS/SLIPPERS.
WARNING The Civil Service Commission uses a highly reliable system to detect cheats. Any form of cheating in any civil service examination shall be considered a violation of Republic Act No. 9416 (Anti-Cheating Law), and any person found guilty shall be administratively and criminally liable. Those found ADMINISTRATIVELY LIABLE shall suffer the following penalties: For those in

the GOVERNMENT SERVICE, dismissal from the service with all the accessory penalties of forfeiture of government benefits, cancellation of eligibility, bar from taking any government examination, and perpetual disqualification from re-entering government service. For PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, perpetual bar from entering government service and from taking any government examination. Those found CRIMINALLY LIABLE shall be meted out the penalty of imprisonment of not less than six (6) years and one (1) day but not more than twelve (12) years and a fine of not less than Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php50,000.00) with the appropriate accessory penalties. source If you have any questions please do contact the respective Civil Service Commission Regional Office in your area. This is not an official website of the CSC. Im just helping the public be informed. Click here for contact details of the CSC Regional Offices. I found an interesting article. This might help you, How to Pass the Philippine Civil Service Examinatio
The Civil Service Examination, specifically Professional and Subprofessional examinations, is one of the most common way for a Filipino citizen to have a Civil Service Eligibility. Every year thousands and thousands of people from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao apply to take the Civil Service Examination. But only few or a small percentage pass the said exam.

For an examinee to pass the Civil Service Exam, he or she has to have a general rating of 80% to pass the examination(s). And according to some examinees, the questions gets harder and harder as time pass by. Before I share to you some techniques on how to pass the Civil Service Examination, let me share you first the importance of the Civil Service Examination.

Some examinees do not actually know this (maybe because they were forced by their parents to take the Civil Service Exams) but passing the Civil Service Exams and having an eligibility (whether fist level eligibility Subprofessional or second level eligibility Professional) is essential for a person if he/she wants to enter the government service. Without an eligibility you cannot work in a government office and have a permanent status.

Question: What are the things that usually comes out in the Civil Service Examination? If you were able to visit the official website of Civil Service Commission particularly in their General Information on the Career Service Examination for 2012 here, you will see the scope of the Civil Service Exams. Below is an excerpt: 1. For Career Service Professional In English and Filipino; vocabulary, grammar and correct usage, paragraph organization, reading comprehension, analogy, logic, and numerical reasoning.

2. For Career Service Subprofessional In English and Filipino; vocabulary, grammar and correct usage, paragraph organization, reading comprehension, spelling, clerical operations, and numerical reasoning.

Both Professional and Subprofessional levels of the examination shall have items on General Information, which shall include the following areas: Philippine Constitution, Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees (R.A. 6713), Peace and Human Rights Issues and Concepts, and Environment Management and Protection.

How to pass the Civil Service Examination (Professional or Subprofessional)? Now that you know what are the scopes of the examination, lets continue on how you can pass the Civil Service Exams. If you have taken any Civil Service Examination (Professional or Subprofessional) before but did not pass the exam, then you have the advantage. Why? Because you have firsthand knowledge and experience already. You will have a clearer idea on what are the things that you should review for the next exam.

Go to bookstores and look for relative or similar review materials. It does not necessarily mean that you should get a Civil Service Exam Reviewer. You may use CSAT reviewers and the likes. What is important is that your mind will be exercised and be familiar with the questions and answers that are related to the scope mentioned above. If you are a first time examinee, better ask people who already tool the Civil Service Examination so that you will have an idea.

Just a tip, the Civil Service Commission does not give any review materials nor is not connected to authors who are making Civil Service Exam reviewers nor Review centers. Some people, books or review centers are claiming that they have a connection with the Civil Service Commission just to sell themselves.

You should apply for the Civil Service Examination ahead of time. Do not wait for the deadline. So that after you have applied for the Civil Service Examination, your focus now is reviewing for the Civil Service Exam. Applying for any Civil Service Examination on deadline can be stressful on your part, especially if the Civil Service Commission rejects your application due to incomplete or inappropriate requirements.

Keywords here are REVIEW, FAMILIARIZE and EXERCISE. If you think you are not prepared for the Civil Service Exam then you should at least review constantly but not to the point that it will be stressful in your part.

Some examinees, especially those who are on Collage level, have higher passing rate. Why? Because they rely on their stored knowledge. Their minds are still fresh and exercised, making it easier for them to recall things and answer accurately as fast as they can. Its like an IQ test.

Do pray and ask God that you will pass the Civil Service Exam. If possible pray every day specially before the examination day. But do not rely on prayers alone. Like the saying goes Nasa Diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang gawa. Do not cram before the exam. Dont study one day before or few days before the examination day. Chances are you will end up loosing all things that you have studied because your brain is still exhausted from cramming.

Before the examination day, make sure to get enough rest, relax and sleep early. Make sure that you already know your room and school assignment days before the examination date once it is available.

Come early to the examination center. Do not be late, as you will not be permitted to take the examination anymore. During the examination day stay calm and read carefully the instructions. Do not leave an item unanswered and make sure you shade properly your answer. Hope this How to Pass the Philippines Civil Service Examination guide helped! If you like this article please do share it with your friends.