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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1218
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1218 -
ESTABLISHING A CIVIL SERVICE ACADEMY TO IMPLEMENT CENTRALIZED TRAINING
PROGRAMS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE
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WHEREAS, it
is the policy of the government to provide opportunities to its
employees at all levels to improve and develop themselves so that they
can better contribute to the realization of agency and national
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WHEREAS, the Civil Service commission, as the central personnel agency
of the government, exercises the leadership function in all training
activities and programs and is responsible for integrating such
programs into a total career development pattern;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in the exercise of this function, the Commission has
encouraged through appropriate standards and guidelines, the various
departments and agencies of the government to establish appropriate
training programs consistent with previously-determined needs of their
employees; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, although there has been enthusiasm and readiness to formulate
and conduct training programs on the part of the departments and
agencies, the Commission has still found it necessary to conduct direct
training affecting those areas of management that are of
government-wide application and concern;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in conducting these training programs, the Commission has been
guided by the requirements of a more effective and innovative service
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WHEREAS, such requirements dictate that the training program of the
Commission which generally affect those occupying middle management and
first-line positions; be pursued on a more systematic, integrated and
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WHEREAS, similar training for higher level management are conducted by
duly-established training institutions resulting in a greater
concentration of resources for this purpose.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. There is hereby established a Civil
Service Academy, hereinafter referred to as the Academy, which shall be
responsible for the planning, formulation, and implementation of
training and other employee or career development programs in the first
and second levels of the career service that have government-wide
application, particularly those concerned with improving the level of
competence of supervisors, from first-line to middle management. It
shall likewise be responsible for the formulation of policies that
shall govern all scholarship programs in the government, locally or
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Section 2. The operations of the Academy shall be
managed by a Board of Trustees hereinafter referred to as the Board, to
be headed by the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission as Chairman,
the Secretary of Economic Plannings as Vice-Chairman and the Budget
Commissioner, Secretary of Local Government and Community Development,
and the President of the Development Academy of the Philippines, A
majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of its business.
Section 3. The Office of Training and Personnel
Development of the Commission shall provide secretariat and support
services to the Academy, including determination of training needs,
conduct of training research, preparation of training programs and
necessary literature and other instructional materials and evaluation
of the training programs. The Director of the Office shall concurrently
be the Executive Director of the Academy.
Section 4. The Academy shall draw up and conduct
continuing training programs for the various employee levels in the
career service without precluding individual departments and agencies
from conducting their own training programs should the need for such
arise. However, these training programs shall first be approved by the
Commission. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 5. Participants in the training programs of
the Academy shall be accepted upon nomination by the department and
agency heads concerned, in accordance with requirements to be set by
the Academy. An appropriate training fee shall be charged for such
participation.
Section 6. For purposes of the foreign scholarship
programs, the Academy shall be assisted by the appropriate office in
the National Economic and Development Authority.
Section 7. The Civil Service Commission shall
initially draw up rules and policies for the effective operation of the
Academy. The rules and policies shall be subject to the approval of the
Board.
Section 8. The Academy shall be operational not later
than three months from the promulgation of this Decree, within which
period the aforementioned rules and policies shall have been
established.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 14th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-seven.
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