No more rechecking of civil service test results – CSC
Roxas City -- The Civil Service Commission (CSC) will no longer accept requests for rechecking of results of its various examinations based on a recent directive which terminates the rechecking of results of civil service examinations.
CSC Resolution No. 072342 dated December 12, 2007 directs the termination of rechecking of results in all types of civil service examinations beginning with the results of the October 28, 2007 Career Service Examination-Paper and Pencil Test (CSE-PPT) for both Professional and Sub-professional levels.
"This means that requests for rechecking of results of the October 28, 2007 CSE-PPT and all examinations to be conducted in 2008 and thereafter shall no longer be accepted," said CSC in an online news.
In directing the termination of rechecking of test results, the Commission particularly cited that "statistical probability of passing the test after rechecking is very remote". Data gathered from the last three years revealed that machine scoring is highly reliable and accurate, the news added.
Apart from the CSE-PPT, which is conducted thrice a year and leads to the conferment of either civil service Professional or Sub-professional eligibility, the CSC also administers the Written Test of the Career Executive Officer Examination (CEOE), a four-stage examination for the third or executive level of government service jointly administered by the CSC and the Career Executive Service Board. Moreover, the CSC conducts specialized examinations such as the Foreign Service Officer (written test), Penology Officer, Fire Officer, and other agency-assisted tests.
The process of rechecking of test results, in fact, undermines the integrity and credibility of the examinations, the CSC stressed, as it further pointed out that other examination-giving agencies of the government do not allow at all the rechecking of test results. With potential security risks during the process, the CSC sees rechecking as a 'breeding ground' for corruption, the webnews stated. (PIA/CSC)