Three civil service examinations are set to be conducted on Oct. 23, with more than 80,000 examinees expected to troop to 28 testing centers nationwide, the Civil Service Commission said on Tuesday, Oct. 18.
In a statement, CSC said that it expects 63,621 examinees for the Fire Officer Examination (FOE), 10,461 for the Penology Officer Examination (POE), and 6,723 for the Basic Competency on Local Treasury Examination (BCLTE).
Most of the examinees will be coming from Region IX with 9,235 examinees, followed by Caraga Region with 8,633 examinees, and National Capital Region (NCR) with 8,174 examinees.
The FOE, POE, and BCLTE are intended to establish a roster of eligibles for certain functional positions in government.
The resulting eligibilities of the FOE and POE – the Fire Officer Eligibility and the Penology Officer Eligibility – are both second level eligibilities that are specific and appropriate for second level ranks in the fire protection and jail management and penology services, respectively, and other functionally related services. The appropriateness of these eligibilities does not include ranks under the Philippine National Police.
The resulting eligibility of the BCLTE, Local Treasurer Eligibility, is a second level eligibility appropriate for appointment only to Local Treasurer and Assistant Local Treasurer positions, and to positions under the Financial Services which do not involve practice of profession and are not covered by any Bar/Board or special law.
The BCLTE is part of the Standardized Examination and Assessment for Local Treasury Service Program of the Department of Finance, which seeks to professionalize the ranks and improve the competencies of treasurers. It is meant to improve the recruitment and selection process in the local treasury service.