Management Aptitude Test Battery (MATB)

March 23, 1992 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 19-92 SUBJECT : Management Aptitude Test Battery (MATB) TO : All Revenue Officials and Employees and Others Concerned For the information and guidance of all revenue officials and employees, quoted hereunder is Career Executive Service Board Announcement dated January, 1992. "The Career Executive Service Board (CESB) announces the holding of the MANAGEMENT APTITUDE TEST BATTERY (MATB), the first step in the fourstage CES ELIGIBILITY EXAMINATIONS to establish a register of CES eligibles from which appointment to rank in the Career Executive Service and assignment to positions of Undersecretary, Assistant Secretary, Bureau and Assistant Bureau Director, Regional and Assistant Regional Director, Department Service Chief and other positions of equivalent rank will be made, provided the other requirements are met. A. DATE OF EXAMINATION : August 16, 1992 B. PLACE OF EXAMINATION : Manila, Cebu City, and Davao City cdt C. SCOPE OF EXAMINATION : The examination is a mental ability test that will focus on Management and related areas, namely: Reading Comprehension, Communication Arts, Quantitative Reasoning and General Information. It is the first in the series of examinations for CES eligibility. Only successful examinees will qualify to participate in the second examination. D. WHO MAY APPLY : The examination is open to the following: 1. Incumbents of Career Executive Service positions who are not more than sixty (60) years of age. 2. Division Chiefs in any national government office including government-owned and controlled corporations and local government units with at least three (3) years managerial experience and who are not more than fifty-five (55) years of age. 3. Those from the private section holding executive positions with at least three (3) years managerial experience and who are not more than fifty-five (55) years of age. 4. In addition to the above, an applicant must: a. be a holder of a Bachelor's degree; b. be a Filipino citizen, in good health and of good moral character; c. not be in the active military service; and d. not have any pending administrative and/or criminal charges. E. APPLICATION AND ADMISSION PROCEDURES 1. Application forms may be obtained personally or by postal service (please include self-addressed stamp envelope) from the: CAREER EXECUTIVE SERVICE BOARD (CESB) 4th Floor, Development Academy of the Philippines Building, San Miguel Avenue, Pasig, Metro Manila or from any Regional Office of the Civil Service Commission 2. Applicant must file the application form directly with CESB accompanied by the following documents: a) Copy of appointment paper duly authenticated by the office personnel officer attesting to the position occupied and to the length of managerial experience. Certification of experience may be appended to the application where necessary; b) Birth certificate. In case a birth certificate cannot be presented, the applicant shall submit: (i) a baptismal certificate (ii) a birth affidavit; c) A certification from the head of office that the applicant has no pending administrative or criminal cases against him; d) Three (3) photographs, size 2 inches by 2 inches, taken not more than six (6) months before the date of examination; e) Two (2) self-addressed stamped envelopes; and f) An admission fee of TWO HUNDRED PESOS (P200.00) which may be paid in cash or postal money order payable to CESB. Personal checks will not be accepted. 3. DEADLINE FOR FILING OF APPLICATION. Deadline for filing of application is on April 30, 1992. aisa dc F. NOTICE OF ADMISSION : A notice of admission will be sent to a qualified applicant informing him of the exact venue of the examination and the schedule of the tests. This notice of admission for the tests should be brought by the applicant on the date of the examination and presented to the examination proctor. G. NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS : The results of the examination will be sent to the applicant by mail. The notice will likewise indicate whether the applicant is qualified to participate in the second-stage of the examination process. STATEMENTS CONCERNING QUALIFICATIONS WILL BE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY THE BOARD. ANY FALSE STATEMENT MADE WILL BE A SUFFICIENT CAUSE FOR DISAPPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION OR REMOVAL FROM THE ROSTER OF CES ELIGIBLES." cd i All revenue officials and employees are enjoined to give this circular as wide a publicity as possible. (SGD.) JOSE U. ONG Commissioner of Internal Revenue