Civil Service Exam 2024 Schedule — A Guide for Aspiring CSE-PPT Takers

Details about the Civil Service Exam 2024 Schedule Set by the CSC

CIVIL SERVICE EXAM 2024 SCHEDULE – You can check here the details about the schedule set by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) for this year’s exams.

Aside from the PRC board exam schedule, another set of examination schedules that is awaited by countless individuals across the nation is the one released by the Civil Service Commission. Also called CSC, it is the body that conducts that Career Service Examination Paper and Pencil Test or more popularly called CSE-PPT, the most popular exam that it conducts.

Civil Service Commission
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The Career Service Examination Paper and Pencil Test or the CSE PPT, also called the Civil Service Exam, usually never fails to gather thousands of takers from the different regions in the country. It is given in two (2) levels such as the following:

  • Sub-Professional Level — The individuals who passed the CSE-PPT sub-professional level are qualified for first level positions such as clerical, custodial, and trade service positions.
  • Professional Level — Passers of the CSE-PPT Professional Level are qualified for the first level positions and the second level professions like professional, scientific, and technical positions.

Civil Service Exam 2024 Schedule
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Being a CSE-PPT passer can really widen the employment opportunities for you. That is why thousands of Filipinos really allot time to take this exam which is administered by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) at least twice (2) every year.

The Commission sets specific application periods under each exam that it administers every year. If you plan to take the CSE-PPT or another exam administered by the Civil Service Commission, it is best to really monitor the updates from the CSC.

Meanwhile, the Commission has already released the Civil Service Exam 2024 Schedule which are as follows:

Date of Examination Title of ExaminationIssuance Date of Exam Announcement
(via CSC Website)
Application Period Target Release Date of Test Results 
 28 Jan 2024 CSE-FSO c/o DFA-BFSE18 Sep 2023 20 Oct 2023
(DFA-BFSESecretariat;
DFA3 Satellite and
Consular Offices; DFA
Foreign Service Posts)
 10 Mar 2024
 03 Mar 2024CSE Professional and SubProfessional level* 30 Oct 202320 Nov 2023 03 Jan 2024 12 May 2024
 02 June 2024 FOE / POE / BCLTE 12 Feb 202404 Mar 2024 03 Apr 2024 14 July 2024
 11 Aug 2024 CSE Professional and SubProfessional levels 22 Apr 202413 May 2024 13 June 2024 20 Oct 2024

To ensure that you get all the information, it is best not only to monitor the Civil Service Exam 2024 but as well as the updates that the Commission usually releases three (3) weeks prior to the exam day. Most often, the CSC updates contain the following information:

  1. Scope of examination
  2. Passing grade
  3. Testing centers
  4. Qualification/Admission requirements
  5. Application/Documentary requirements
  6. Where to get the application form and how to file the application
  7. Target release of test results
  8. Resulting civil service eligibility

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