CES Examination Process - Four-Stage Career Executive Service Eligibility Examination Process

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The document describes the eligibility examination process for the Career Executive Service (CES), established to regulate selection, classification, compensation, and career development of CES members. It outlines the legal basis for third-level coverage and specifies a four-stage CES eligibility examination process, initially including MATB, an Assessment Center, Performance Validation on-the-job, and a Board Interview, later reordered and further revised. It details the CES Written Examination (CES-WE): test structure, duration, sub-tests, nationwide administration, admission prerequisites by sector, scoring cut-offs, retake conditions, and official result release timelines, including equivalency recognition via related degrees.

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The four-stage CES eligibility examination process

CES Written Examination (CES-WE)

Admission prerequisites for CES-WE

The CES Written Examination THE FOUR-STAGE CAREER EXECUTIVE SERVICE (CES) ELIGIBILITY EXAMINATION PROCESS Presidential Decree No. 1 dated September 24, 1972 created the Career Executive Service Board (CESB) to serve as the governing body of the Career Executive Service (CES) and to promulgate rules, standards and procedures on the selection, classification, compensation and career development of members of the CES. Likewise, Section 8, Paragraph 1(c) and 2, Chapter 2, Book V of Executive Order No. 292 expressly provides that the “third level shall cover positions in the Career Executive Service”and that “entrance to the third level shall cover positions in the Career Executive Service Board.” On December 15, 1989, the CES Board issued Circular No. 1 which provides for a four-stage CES eligibility examination process, namely: Management Aptitude Test Battery (MATB); Assessment Center; Performance Validation On-the-job; and Board Interview. The guidelines on the four-stage CES eligibility examination process were modified through CESB Resolution No. 459 dated October 8, 2002 where the Board Interview stage comes before the Performance Validation on-the-job. In fulfilling the Board’s mandate to form a continuing pool of well-selected and development oriented career officials who shall provide competent and faithful service in the CES, the CESB has further strengthened the existing policies on the examination process and make it more purposive, responsive, credible and practicable. Hence, the Board, through CESB Resolution No. 791 dated February 10, 2009 adopted the Revised Integrated Rules on the Grant of Career Executive Service (CES) Eligibility. Pursuant to the said rules, CES eligibility examination process consists of the following stages: 1) CES Written Examination; 2) Assessment Center; 3) Performance Validation; and 4) Board Interview. In 2010, as part of the CESB’s continuing efforts to maintain a credible, transparent and objective process to screen and select CES eligibles, the Board has shifted to a Panel Interview system as the final stage in the CES eligibility examination process. CES Eligibility is acquired by passing the four-stage CES eligibility examination process. Successful completion of each stage is a pre-requisite to the succeeding stages of the CES eligibility examination process. CES WRITTEN EXAMINATION The CES-Written Examination (CES-WE), formerly called the Management Aptitude Test Battery (MATB) is the first of the four-stage CES Eligibility Examination Process. It is a paper-and-pencil type of test that determines the applicant’s general intelligence and knowledge of management concepts and principles. Currently, the CES-WE is composed of 220 test items with seven (7) sub-tests, as follows: Error Recognition, Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Information, Management Concepts and Problems and Essay. The test is administered for 2 hours and 55 minutes and is conducted nationwide in three (3) testing centers, as follows: Manila, Cebu and Davao. Applications are open to officials from the: 1) government sector who have rendered at least two (2) years of managerial experience; and the 2) private sector who have performed managerial/supervisory functions for at least three (3) years. Managerial/supervisory functions pertain and are not limited to, directing and approving the work outputs of concerned employees; delegating functions to the staff; monitoring and rating employees’ performance based on the duly approved performance targets/plans; and supervising the unit or section/division based on the staffing pattern or organizational structure. The applicant should meet the cut-off score in order to proceed to the succeeding stages of the CES Eligibility Examination Process. Applicants who fail to meet the cut-off score may be allowed to retake the test only after six (6) months reckoned from the date of his/her last examinati

FAQs

What are the four stages of the CES eligibility examination process?

The process consists of four stages: CES Written Examination, Assessment Center, Performance Validation, and Board Interview. The Board Interview stage was later moved to come before Performance Validation on-the-job.

What does the CES Written Examination (CES-WE) measure and how is it structured?

CES-WE is a paper-and-pencil test that determines an applicant’s general intelligence and knowledge of management concepts and principles. It includes 220 test items with seven sub-tests, such as Error Recognition, Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Information, Management Concepts and Problems, and Essay.

What prerequisites must applicants meet to take the CES-WE?

Applicants must meet sector-specific requirements, including appointment duration and managerial experience for government career service and non-career service, and defined managerial/supervisory experience for the private sector. Additional requirements include Philippine citizenship.

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