By The SUN
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| Of about 1,000 who took the first and only civil service exam in HK in 2016, only 47 passed overall |
The Civil Service Commission has ruled out holding another
examination in Hong Kong for overseas Filipino workers who want to join
government service in the Philippines.
According to the Philippine Overseas Labor Office, this is
apparently because the CSC was disappointed with the dismal result of the first
and only civil service examination held here in November 2016.
Of the 676 college degree holders who took the professional
level examination then, only 17 passed, for a 2.5% pass rate.
In the sub-professional level, taken by those who have less
than four years of tertiary education, only 30 of the 277 takers passed, for a
success rate of 10.8%.
Acting Labor Attache Antonio Villafuerte said Polo will
nevertheless continue asking for the civil service exam to be held here for
Filipino overseas workers who are looking at working in government as a career
option.
“We will keep trying to convince them to administer the exam
here,” Villafuerte said.
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| ALA Villafuerte says he will keep pushing for the civil service exam to be held in HK again |
But if the CSC does not change its position, he said
Filipino migrant workers can try other means of taking the exam, like registering
for the test online and scheduling their vacation in the Philippines around
the exam date.
The civil service eligibility examination is given multiple
times a year in the Philippines,
and can be taken through one of two modes: paper and pencil test
(PPT) or computerized examination (Comex).
However, both modes require pre-registration, and for the
examinee to be physically present at a testing venue.
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| Examinees can take the test using paper and pencil, or a computer |
Welfare Officer Marivic Clarin said she had written to CSC
on Apr 14 at the instruction of then Labor Attache Jalilo dela Torre, to relay
the request for the test to be held here again.
She said she received no written reply, but a CSC official
called her up later, saying the commission was concerned about the poor showing
of the Hong Kong examinees, which made the
administration of the exam here not cost-effective.
Clarin said this was a pity, as there are new government
jobs opening up in the Philippines
now, and OFWs should have the same opportunity to try and qualify for them.
There has also been a salary upgrade for those working
in government recently, making top-tier posts pay competitive salaries. A
division chief, for example, now gets a starting pay of around Php100,000 per
month.
Those who hurdle the sub-professional examination will
qualify for clerical, trades, drafts, and custodial service positions.
Those who pass the professional examination will acquire a
“Career Service Professional” eligibility, which will qualify them for
first-level positions or second-level scientific, technical and professional
positions up to division chief level.
Dela Torre arranged for the civil service exam to be held
here on Nov. 27, 2016 as part of the government’s reintegration program for
OFWs.
About 1,000 OFWs in Hong Kong and Macau took the career
service eligibility exam which was held at the Delia Memorial
School in Kwun Tong.
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