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NO. 27-99
TO : ALL
COURT
PERSONNEL
SUBJECT : EDUCATIONAL
SUPPORT PROGRAM [ESP] FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE LOWER COURTS & THE
OFFICE
OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR.
In its Resolution
dated 27 April 1999 in Administrative Matter No. 99-3-101-RTC, the
Supreme
Court En Banc resolved to establish the Educational Support
Program
[ESP] for the employees of the lower courts and the Office of the Court
Administrator who wish to take the Bar Examinations. The ESP shall
enable
all court personnel taking the Bar examinations to go on official study
leave for six [6] months; subject to the following conditions
prescribed
in the 27 April 1999 Resolution:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
"[a]
The
employee must be a holder of a permanent item in the judiciary;
"[b] He/She
must
have rendered at least three (3) years of government service;
"[c] Prior
to the
months of intended leave, he/she should have at least a performance
rating
of VERY SATISFACTORY;
"[d] Only
one employee
from every office, division/branch must be recommended by his/her
immediate
supervisor for study leave each year;
"[e] After
taking
the bar examinations, said employee must render at least three (3)
years
of service in the judiciary, otherwise he shall reimburse all the
salaries/benefits
received during the six (6) months period;
"[f] This
privilege
can be availed of by the bar examinee only once in every three years;
"[g] In
case the
applicant is a stenographer, the branch clerk of court shall issue a
certification
attesting that he/she has no pending untranscribed transcript of
stenographic
notes, and
"[h] All
applications
must be filed at least two months before the start of the official six
(6) months study leave."
In accordance
with the
27 April 1999 Resolution, an Educational Support Committee has been
constituted
in this Office to evaluate all applications filed under the ESP and to
submit its recommendation to the Court Administrator. Should an
application
be approved, a Contract of Undertaking shall be executed between this
Office
and the grantee.
All inquires shall
be sent to and applications [in the application form prescribed by the
ESP Committee] and the required supporting documentation shall be filed
with --
The
Secretary
- Recorder
Educational
Support Program Committee
Office
of
Administrative Services
Office
of
the Court Administrator
Supreme
Court,
Old Building
Taft
Avenue,
Ermita
Manila
For
information and
guidance.
[Sgd.]
ALFREDO
L. BENIPAYOCourt
Administrator
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