CSC revises service requirement for granting of eligibility to barangay officials

By Philippine Information Agency (PIA 8)
October 16, 2012

GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte  –  The Civil Service Commission has revised the service requirement for the grant of Barangay Official Eligibility (BOE).

This was learned from the CSC Field Office 8 Director Marilyn Taldo who said that the granting of the eligibility will now be based on completion of term of office. Barangay officials who complete their term of office may now be granted civil service eligibility.

Previously, barangay officials may apply for the said eligibility only after completing five years of aggregate service, Director Taldo said.

Director Taldo said that the CSC Board reviewed and revised the rules in the light of instances where barangay officials are unable to avail of the BOE despite completion of term because they did not meet the five-year service requirement.

The BOE which is granted without taking the career service examination, is comparable to Career Service Sub-professional Eligibility. Those with BOE can be appointed to first level positions in the government that do not involve practice of profession and are not covered by BAR, board, and other special laws.

First level positions refer to clerical, trades, crafts, and custodial service positions that involve non-professional or sub-professional work requiring less than four years of college studies.

In a press statement, CSC Chairman Francisco T. Duque III said that “By easing the service requirement, we have opened an opportunity to barangay officials who want to continue serving the public after finishing their duties in the barangay.”

In accordance with Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991, the BOE is granted to elective barangay officials composed of the barangay chairman or punong barangay, regular Sangguniang Barangay member or barangay kagawad, and Sangguniang Kabataan chairman. It is also granted to appointive barangay officials, namely, barangay treasurer and barangay secretary who are appointed by the duly elected barangay chairman.

All barangay officials who have completed their term of office before August 1, 2012 have until August 1, 2014 to apply for the BOE.

On the other hand, it will continue to process applications for BOE for those who have completed their term of office on August 1, 2012 and thereafter.

Barangay officials applying for BOE must submit an application form and other documentary requirements to the CSC Regional or Field Office having jurisdiction over the barangay where they have rendered services.