THE Philippines has three independent constitutional commissions: the Commission on Audit, the Commission on Elections, and the Civil Service Commission or the CSC. The CSC was formally established on Sept.19, 1900 through Public Law 5, "An Act for the Establishment and Maintenance of an Efficient and Honest Civil Service in the Philippine Islands." The 1935 Constitution "firmly established the merit system as the basis for employment in government," and on June 19, 1959, a new era for the civil service was ushered in with the approval of the amendments and revision of the laws relative to the Philippine Civil Service which converted the Bureau of Civil Service into the Civil Service Commission with department status by President Carlos P. Garcia. Show
 The late president Carlos P. Garcia. MALACAÑANG WEBSITE PHOTO VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Carlos P. Garcia became president of the Philippines in March 1957, upon the death of President Ramon Magsaysay, and was elected to a full four-year term the same year. President Garcia's administration was praised for his Filipino First Policy and the assistance of Filipino entrepreneurs to make ventures in industries dominated by non-Filipinos. Well received, calls to "expand the scope of the policy to include other spheres of society such as education" were made. It was also during this time that the CSC was strengthened, establishing a system that is characterized by strict observance of the merit, fitness and equality principles in the selection of employees for appointment to positions in government. The new Civil Service Law was "one of the most progressive merit systems in the world" at that time, with its mandate to promote morale, efficiency, integrity, responsiveness, progressiveness and courtesy in the Civil Service; to adopt measures to strengthen the merit and reward system; to integrate all human resources development programs for all level and ranks; and to institutionalize a management climate conducive to public accountability. Section 2 reads: "The general purpose of this Act is to insure and promote the constitutional mandate regarding appointments only according to merit and fitness, and to provide within the public service a progressive system of personnel administration to insure the maintenance of an honest, efficient, progressive and courteous civil service in the Philippines." The origin of the modern meritocratic civil service in the Philippines, as well as for other countries, can be traced back to imperial China. It was then the practice to conduct imperial examinations which were designed to select the best administrative officials for the state's bureaucracy. This system was directly responsible for the creation of a class of scholar-bureaucrats irrespective of their family pedigree. Originally, appointments to the bureaucracy were "based on the patronage of aristocrats." Through generations, our civil service has progressively evolved amid the challenges of the changing political landscapes of the country, but always staying true to its mandate that entry to the Career Executive Service is based on merit and fitness as determined by competitive examination, or based on highly technical qualifications. Presidential Decree 1 dated Sept. 24, 1972 created the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) to serve as the governing body of the Career Executive Service (CES); to "promulgate rules, standards and procedures on the selection, classification, compensation and career development of members," to "form a continuing pool of well-selected and development-oriented career administrators who shall provide competent and faithful service," and to operate as a public personnel system separate from that of the first two levels of positions in the Philippine civil service. The CES operates on the "rank concept." Career Executive Service Officers (CESOs) are "appointed" to ranks and "assigned" to CES positions. As such, they can be re-assigned or transferred from one CES position to another and from one office to another but no oftener than once every two years. It is a system that is similar to that of the Armed Forces and the Foreign Service, where officers are appointed to ranks and assigned to positions. For CES, these are the positions of undersecretary, assistant secretary, bureau director, assistant bureau director, regional director, assistant regional director, chief of department service and such other positions of equivalent rank, as may be identified by the board. Previous efforts have been made by the CESB and the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) to integrate the CES eligibility process into the Master of National Security Administration (MNSA) program of the NDCP. The National Defense College of the Philippines is the center of excellence in educational and policy development for strategic and dynamic leaders in national defense and security, with its MNSA program, uniquely integrating the political, economic, socio-cultural, techno-scientific, environmental and military dimensions of national security administration. And just last year, Executive Order (EO) 145, an executive order granting CESO rank to graduates of the MNSA program of the NDCP was signed. Its purpose is "to deepen the pool of leader-managers in government, and further strengthen the quality of policy formulation and governance in the public sector." There is a saying that goes, take the civil service out of the government and the country will collapse, take the politics out of the government and the country will flourish. Truly, it is not the pompous politicians who run our country but our civil servants, day in, day out, unsung, unacknowledged and uncelebrated. The author has a degree in psychology from the University of the Philippines and completed two executive programs at Harvard University, first in 2005 at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the second in 2015 at the Kadir Has Üniversitesi in Istanbul, Turkey. He has a master's degree in national security administration and has the rank of commander in the Philippine Navy and is the recipient of two Bronze Cross medals.
Komisyon ng Serbisyo Sibil The main office of the CSC in Quezon City AbbreviationCSCFormationSeptember 19, 1900HeadquartersCivil Service Commission, Central Office, IBP Road, Constitution Hills, 1126 Quezon CityMembership 1 chairperson, 2 commissionersChairperson Karlo NogralesBudget ₱1.60 billion (2020)[1]Websitecsc.gov.ph
The Civil Service Commission (Filipino: Komisyon ng Serbisyo Sibil, abbreviated as CSC) is one of the three Constitutional Commissions of the Philippines with responsibility over the civil service. It is tasked with overseeing the integrity of government actions and processes. The commission was founded in 1900[2] through Act No. 5 of the Philippine Commission and was made a bureau in 1905.[3] The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is the central personnel agency of the Philippine government responsible for the policies, plans, and programs concerning all civil service employees.[4] It has 16 regional offices throughout the country. The other two Constitutional Commissions are the Commission on Elections and Commission on Audit. MembersThe 1987 Constitution staggered the terms of the members of the Constitutional Commissions. Of the first appointees, the Chairman would serve seven years (1st line), a Commissioner would serve five years (2nd line), and another Commissioner would serve three years (3rd line). Term refers to a fixed period, while tenure refers to the actual period that a person held office. The names of the first Members of the CSC since 1987 were mentioned in Gaminde v. Commission on Audit. Current composition
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Career Executive Service BoardPursuant to Executive Order No. 891, s. 2010 the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) is mandated to promulgate rules, standards and procedures on the selection, classification, compensation and career development of members of the Career Executive Service. In Eugenio vs. Civil Service Commission, G.R. No. 115863, March 31, 1995, the Supreme Court recognized the existence, mandate and authority of the CESB over third level positions, and its autonomy from the Civil Service Commission (CSC)." Organizational structure
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ExaminationsThe CSC is tasked to generate roster of eligibles through these examinations:[5]
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