Hi! Please be informed that as a matter of policy, the Commission does not render opinions or rulings on issues that may eventually be the subject of a complaint or appeal before it. This is so especially when there are material facts necessary to the judicious adjudication of the issues which are not fully represented or substantiated as in this case.
Nevertheless, pertinent is Rule XIII of the 2017 Omnibus Rules on Appointments and Other Human Resource Actions which provides, as follows:
RULE VIII
QUALIFICATION STANDARDS
Part I. General Policies
Sec. 31. The qualification standards are the minimum and basic requirements for positions in the government in terms of education, training, experience, Civil Service eligibility, physical fitness and other qualities required for successful performance of the duties of the position. These shall serve as the basic guide in the selection of the employees and in the evaluation of appointments to all positions in the government.
The establishment, administration and maintenance of qualification standards shall be the responsibility of the department or agency, with the assistance and approval of the Civil Service Commission.
Agencies are encouraged to set specific or higher standards for their positions, including the required competencies. These standards shall be submitted to the Commission for approval, and once approved, the agency shall uniformly and consistently adopt these in the selection and appointment of employees. The approved qualification standards shall be adopted by the Civil Service Commission in the attestation of appointments of the agency concerned.
Agencies that are authorized by their charters to establish their own qualification standards shall do so in accordance with the Civil Service Commission’s guidelines. Their qualification standards shall be submitted for confirmation/notation of the Civil Service Commission.
Sec. 32. Qualification standards shall be established for all positions in the Index of Occupational Service (IOS), Position Titles and Salary Grades or positions subsequently created and approved in accordance with existing laws, policies, rules and regulations. Qualification standards which have been established and approved by the Commission for positions in a particular sector may be adopted for the same position titles in other government sectors without need for prior approval of the Civil Service Commission.
Sec. 33. All agency positions should be included in the approved Qualification Standards Manual of the agency concerned, or if unique to the agency, should have a qualification standards approved/confirmed by the Civil Service Commission.
An appointment to a position without an approved/confirmed qualification standards by the Civil Service Commission, as the case may be, shall be disapproved/invalidated.
Sec. 34. Qualification standards for certain positions that are prescribed by a special law, such as Foreign Service Act (RA No. 7157), PNP Act (RA No. 8551), BFP/BJMP Act (RA No. 9263, as amended by RA No. 9592), Local Government Code of 1991 (RA No. 7160), shall prevail. However, in instances when any of the education, training, experience or Civil Service eligibility is not provided under the law, the lacking requirement/s shall be proposed and submitted by the agency concerned to CSC for approval.
The qualification standards for department head and assistant department head positions (mandatory or optional) in LGUs, considered as executive/managerial positions, shall be those prescribed by RA No. 7160 and other special laws. For newly-created department head and assistant department head positions, the qualification standards shall be equivalent or comparable to those prescribed by RA No. 7160.
Based on the above-quoted provisions of the ORAOHRA, the qualification standards are the minimum and basic requirements for positions in the government in terms of education, training, experience, Civil Service eligibility, physical fitness and other qualities required for successful performance of the duties of the position. These shall serve as the basic guide in the selection of the employees and in the evaluation of appointments to all positions in the government.
These standards shall be submitted to the Commission for approval, and once approved, the agency shall uniformly and consistently adopt these in the selection and appointment of employees.
Agencies that are authorized by their charters to establish their own qualification standards shall do so in accordance with the Civil Service Commission’s guidelines. Their qualification standards shall be submitted for confirmation/notation of the Civil Service Commission.
Hope that you have enlightened on the matter.
