FULL RESULTS: March 26, 2023 Civil Service Exam CSE-PPT list of passers, top 10

MANILA, Philippines – The March 2023 Civil Service Exam results or Career Service Examination-Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) full list of passers and topnotchers (top 10) for professional and subprofessional level are released online on Friday, June 9, 2023 or in seventy-five (75) calendar days after the exam.

UPDATE: CSE-PPT Results are out! View updates on below links.

A total of 64,420 out of 381,607 (16.88%) successfully hurdled the March 2023 CSE-PPT - 54,478 (16.42%) passed the Professional Level while 9,942 (19.97%) passed the subprofessional level exams.

SEE ALSO: CSE-PPT RESULTS: August 20, 2023 Civil Service Exam

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) initially said that the number of examinees for the March 26, 2023 civil service exam more than doubled to 403,567 compared to 147,877 registrants of the August 7, 2022 exams.

In previous statistics, a total of 350,645 individuals or 86.89% of the total number of examinees took the CSE-PPT for Professional level, while 52,922 or 13.11% tried to hurdle the Subprofessional test, in 94 testing centers nationwide.

Statistics of March 2023 CSE-PPT

Region	Designation	Passers (Professional)	Passers (Subprofessional)
Region 13	NCR	13,544	3,138
Region 1	Ilocos Region	3,354	648
Region 2	Cagayan Valley	3,575	489
Region 3	Central Luzon	4,177	895
Region 4	Southern Tagalog	6,323	1,407
Region 5	Bicol Region	2,700	340
Region 6	Western Visayas	3,952	696
Region 7	Central Visayas	3,011	640
Region 8	Eastern Visayas	1,784	215
Region 9	Zamboanga Peninsula	1,926	193
Region 10	Northern Mindanao	2,153	322
Region 11	Davao Region	2,385	174
Region 12	Soccsksargen	1,761	243
Region 14	CAR	2,399	388
Region 15	CARAGA	1,211	141
Region 16	BARMM	223	13
TOTAL		54,478	9,942
		64,420

CSC announced that passers who got at least 80 percent rating will be eligible for a position in the civil service provided the eligibles meet the qualifications and other requirements - education, experience, and training.

MARCH 2023 CSE-PPT RESULTS SUMMARY

• PROFESSIONAL LEVEL: NCR A-G | NCR H-O | NCR P-Z | CAR | CARAGA | BARMM | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 3 | Region 4 A-G | Region 4 H-O | Region 4 P-Z | Region 5 | Region 6 A-G | Region 6 H-O | Region 6 P-Z | Region 7 | Region 8 | Region 9 | Region 10 | Region 11 | Region 12
• SUBPROFESSIONAL LEVEL: NCR | CAR | CARAGA | BARMM | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 3 | Region 4 | Region 5 | Region 6 | Region 7 | Region 8 | Region 9 | Region 10 | Region 11 | Region 12
• TOP 10 PASSERS: March 2023 Civil Service Exam Professional Level
• TOP 10 PASSERS: March 2023 Civil Service Exam Sub-Professional Level
• Verification of rating (OCSERGS): March 2023 Civil Service Exam

CIVIL SERVICE EXAM COVERAGE

The CSE-PPT is a general ability test designed to measure an individual’s preparedness to enter government service.

The CSE-PPT covered the following subjects (in English and Filipino):

Professional Level (Prof) -170 items with a time limit of 3 hours and 10 minutes

• Numerical Ability (number sequence, basic operation, and word problem)
• Analytical Ability (word analogy and logical reasoning)
• Verbal Ability (vocabulary, grammar and correct usage, and correct reasoning of thought process)

SubProfessional Level (SubProf) - 165 items; time limit is 2 hours and 40 minutes

• Numerical Ability (number sequence, basic operation, and word problem)
• Clerical Ability (filing, spelling)
• Verbal Ability (vocabulary, grammar and correct usage, and correct reasoning of thought process)

General information items on the following for both levels:

• Philippine Constitution;
• Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees (R.A. 6713);
• Peace and Human Rights Issues and Concepts; and
• Environment Management and Protection

RELEASE OF RESULTS

The CSC initially targeted May 25, 2023 (Thursday) release of CSE-PPT results or 60 calendar days after the examination. This was announced through CSC Examination Announcement No. 11 s. 2022.

But in a Facebook post on April 13, CSC announced the new schedule for the release of the result of CSE-PPT citing huge volume of examinees.

To quote, CSC said: "With the huge volume of examinees for the 26 March 2023 Career Service Examination-Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT), both Professional and Subprofessional levels, the CSC has adjusted its timelines and adopted measures to address concerns on test results processing. As such, the new schedule for the release of the result of the CSE-PPT) is on 9 June 2023."

Examinees, both passed and failed, may get their individual test results using the Online Civil Service Examination Result Generation System (OCSERGS), which can also be accessed through the CSC website on June 24, 2023.

PREVIOUS EXAM

In the August 2022 civil service exam, a total of 26,307 out of 138,703 (18.97%) examinees passed the test. The Professional Level logged 22,241 passers out of 117,938 examinees or a passing rate of 18.86%. Meanwhile, 4,066 out of 20,765 examinees or 19.58% passed the Subprofessional Level. Leading the passers for professional level is Kate Angelica P. Pasobillo from Bicol Region, who garnered a rating of 90.08%. Rey Timothy H. Nalica from Southern Tagalog bested the subprofessional exam with 94.77% rating.

In the June 2022 civil service exam, CSC released results in sixty-eight (68) calendar days after the exam. The agency named 20,996 out of 129,117 (16.26%) examinees who passed the test. In terms of level of exam, 17,503 out of 109,228 takers of the Professional test hurdled the exam, translating to a passing rate of 16.02%. The passing rate for the Subprofessional test is slightly higher at 17.56% or 3,493 passers out of 19,889 examinees. Pauline Delgado from the National Capital Region (NCR) topped the professional level exam with 96.77%. Meanwhile, John Patrick Las Pinas from Davao Region bested the subprofessional level exam with 95.74%.

In the March 2022 civil service exams, CSC announced results in exactly sixty (60) calendar days after the exam. A total of 12,179 out of 70,833 (17.19%) successfully passed the examinations - 9,651 out of 56,980 (16.94%) for the professional level and 2,528 passers out of 13,853 examinees (18.25%) for the sub-professional level. CSC did not release list of topnotchers.

In the August 2019 civil service exams, results were released after sixty (60) working days. A total of 29,733 examinees passed the CSE-PPT. Said figure represents 11.62% of the total 255,778 examinees for both Professional and Subprofessional levels. Karriza Gem Reopta, from NCR, bested 224,777 Professional level examinees with a rating of 88.91, while Sidney Dani Gelito, from Southern Tagalog topped the Subprofessional test with a 90.14 rating out of 31,001 examinees.

In the March 2019 CSE-PPT, results were out after 64 working days. A total of 27,944 out of 264,473 total examinees (10.57%) passed the exams. Donna Rizalyn Leus from Southern Tagalog led the 24,304 Professional eligibles as she garnered a rating of 87.03. Meanwhile, Christiani Matugas from NCR topped the 3,640 Subprofessional eligibles with a rating of 94.37%.

In the August 2018 exams, results were announced in fifty-eight (58) days after the exam. A total of 22,087 out of 181,985 examinees (12.14%) passed the exams. The figure do not include examinees from NCR and Morong, Rizal where examinations were suspended due to torrential rains brought by the southwest monsoon (Habagat). Salveregina Samuelle Sarnillo from Central Visayas, with a rating of 92.35, bested 159,283 examinees of the Career Service Professional level, while Sophia Isabelle Olalia, with a 90.78 rating and from the Southern Tagalog region, placed first among the 22,702 hopefuls for the Subprofessional level.

For the March 2023 CS exam results, takers may expect of passing rate around 10-20%.

STATISTICS OF PREVIOUS CIVIL SERVICE EXAM RESULTS

Exam Date	Total Examinees	Total Passers	Passing %	Days before release of results
August 2022	138,703	26,307	18.97%	59
June 2022	129,117	20,996	16.26%	68
March 2022	70,833	12,179	17.19%	60
August 2019	255,778	29,733	11.62%	60
March 2019	264,473	27,944	10.57%	64
August 2018	181,985	22,087	12.14%	58
March 2018	238,966	25,602	10.71%	60
August 2017	228,917	25,127	10.98%	36
March 2017	230,736	25,090	10.87%	40
October 2016	203,339	22,978	11.30%	41
April   2016	229,463	25,276	11.02%	39
October 2015	119,333	13,152	11.02%	41

CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY TO PASSERS

Passers shall be issued a Certification of Eligibility (CoE) printed on CSC letterhead.

Those who will pass should coordinate and verify first through CSC announcement if their Certification is already available before going to the CSC Regional/Field Office. Contact numbers of the CSC office may be accessed at the CSC website.

NEXT CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION

The next schedule of the next Civil Service Exam for Professional and Sub-Professional Levels is on August 13, 2023. Those eyeing for eligibility are encouraged to monitor for the opening of applications on May 15, 2023.

View further details of August 2023 CSE-PPT here.

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