The Civil Service Commission (CSC) suspended the Career Service Examination-Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) set to be held on March 15, 2020 in different areas of the country.
The CSC, through its website, posted the following announcement:
In compliance to Proclamation No. 922 signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte declaring a State of Public Health Emergency throughout the Philippines and calling for the implementation of urgent, critical measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) suspends the conduct of the 15 March 2020 Career Service Examination-Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) nationwide until further notice.
The CS exams was supposed to be held in 66 testing locations nationwide with an estimated total of 293,845 individuals nationwide registered to take the test. Of the figure, an estimated 253,419 will take the Professional Level of exam while an estimated 40,426 will attempt to hurdle the Subprofessional Level. Thus, it is necessary to suspend the exams as a preemptive health measure to mitigate the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases and to support the national and local government units in undertaking appropriate response and measures in a timely manner to curtail and eliminate the COVID-19 threat.
For more details and for clarification, examinees are advised to directly call their CSC Regional Offices (complete directory is available on our website), the Contact Center ng Bayan 165-65 or the CSC’s Public Assistance Center at (02) 8951-2575 or 8951-2576.
For inquiries, the different regional and field offices CSC of in different areas of CAR can contacted through the following means as posted in their website:
CSC CAR – No. 116 Wagner Road, Military Cut-Off Baguio City 2600
www.csccar.net
rocar@csc.gov.ph
cscro14@yahoo.com
Tel. # (074) 443-5981 / (074) 443-5982 / (074) 442-0367
Telefax # (074) 443-9282
CSC Field Office – Abra
Provincial Capitol Compound,
Bangued, Abra 2800
Tel. # (074) 752-8198
rocar.fo_abra@csc.gov.ph
cscfoabra@yahoo.com
CSC Field Office – Apayao
Luna, Apayao 3813
rocar.fo_apayao@csc.gov.ph
csc_kal_ap@yahoo.com
CSC Field Office – Baguio City
Jose Abad Santos Drive, Burnham Park, Baguio City 2600
Tel.# (074) 424-2659
rocar.fo_baguio@csc.gov.ph
cscbaguio@yahoo.com.ph
CSC Field Office – Benguet
BSU Cmpd. Km. 5, La Trinidad, Benguet 2601
Tel.# (074) 665-6670
rocar.fo_benguet@csc.gov.ph
cscbenguetfo@yahoo.com
CSC Field Office – Ifugao
Provincial Capitol, Lagawe, Ifugao 3600
rocar.fo_ifugao@csc.gov.ph
cscifugao@yahoo.com
CSC Field Office – Kalinga
Government Center, Bulanao
Tabuk City, Kalinga 3800
rocar.fo_kalinga@csc.gov.ph
csc_kal_ap@yahoo.com
CSC Field Office – Mt. Province
Barangay Calutit, Bontoc, Mt. Province, 2616
rocar.fo_mt.province@csc.gov.ph
csc_mpfo@yahoo.com
By: Armando M. Bolislis with PIA-CAR reports