By Danny O. Calleja
LEGAZPI CITY, Sept. 6 (PNA) — The Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) is now accepting applications for Cadet Admission Test (CAT) for those who are willing to be part of its Bachelor of Science in Public Safety Class 2020, according to the Bicol police regional office here.
PNPCAT Forms are readily available for download at www.pnpa.edu.ph or www.ppsc.gov.ph and when accomplished, can be submitted personally or through email to the office of the Registrar, PNPA, Camp General Mariano A. Castañeda, Silang Cavite.
Duly accomplished CAT forms can also be submitted together with a photocopy of National Statistics Office birth certificate prepaid through LBC Airvelop Regular/N-Pouch or window envelope with mailing stamps.
Deadline for submission is on Sept. 25 and the examinations for Bicol applicants who will qualify are to be conducted at the Bicol University here and at the Naga College Foundation, Naga City on Oct. 25.
The examinations will cover communication skills, logical and reasoning ability, mathematics, sciences, general information and current events, PNP spokesperson for Bicol Senior Insp. Maria Luisa Calubaquib based at Camp Gen. Simeon Ola, the regional police headquarters here, said over the weekend.
To qualify, an applicant must be a natural-born Filipino citizen aged not below 18 or above 22 years old on April 16, 2016; single with no parental obligation; high school graduate upon application; at least 5’4” in height for male and 5’2” for female; with weight that corresponds to the applicant’s height and age; and physically and mentally fit for cadetship training.
He or she must also be with good moral character or no criminal, administrative and civil derogatory record; without pending complaint and/or case before any tribunal of whatever nature; not a former cadet of the PNPA or other similar institutions; and has not been dismissed from any private employment and government position for cause.
Calubaquib said those interested but having any of the following disqualification need not apply: defective visual perception such as color blindness, nearsighted/far sighted with corrective eyeglasses or lens, nystagmus; physical deformities such as bowlegged or congenital defects; and perforated ear drum, chronic sinusitis, bleeding tendencies, hemorrhoids.
Also disqualified are those with hernia, varicococele, extensive skin disorders; history of heart disease, hypertension, asthma, active tuberculosis, kidney and liver diseases, epileptic seizure disorders, major operations, sexually transmitted or communicable disease; and full dentures, cleft lip and palate, malocclusion, deformities of the face, open bite, tongue-tied, missing of four anterior or front teeth and missing of six posterior/molar teeth.
Those with tattoo and other brotherhood marks, males with ear piercing and females with goiter, history of pregnancy, presence of breast mass, painful menstruation; and any other physical defects which may hinder his or her cadetship training program will also not qualify to the PNPACAT, Calubaquib said.
Apart from the CAT, applicants, to be able to be admitted to the Academy, must also pass the medical, psychological and psychiatric examinations, agility test and interview, she stressed.
Established under Presidential Decree 1184, the PNPA became a primary component of the Philippine Public Safety College pursuant to Section 67 of Republic Act No. 6975 which was created to provide preparatory education and training of the three uniformed bureaus of the Department of the Interior and Local Government — PNP, Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP).
It operates under the vision, “For the glory of God, shall be the primary institution to develop knowledge, skills and the virtues of Justice, Integrity and Service” and mission to provide comprehensive education and training programs to transform cadets into a God-centered community – responsive public safety officers, trusted and respected by the people.
In the attainment of its vision and mission of providing quality education and training, the PNPA, Calubaquib said, is guided by the motto, “To Learn Today, To Lead Tomorrow”.
Its basic philosophy is motivated by a commitment to develop the cadets into public safety service officers imbued with professional competence, management leadership skills, sound moral character and wholesome personality befitting that of a professional “law enforcer with a heart” based on strong democratic ideals, concepts and processes practiced as a way of life through academic freedom, the Honor System, and firm respect for authority and human rights.
PNPA’s objectives are to administer the Bachelor of Science in Public Safety Cadetship Program and conduct research studies on public safety education and training, she said.
“Despite sacrifices and difficulties that PNPA cadets undergo as part of the four-year training, it is a big honor and prestige to be a graduate of PNPA and be of service either to the PNP, BFP or BJMP,” Calubaquib, an alumna of the Academy said.
Once admitted, a cadet automatically wears the Inspector rank in the police service, which is equivalent to a lieutenant in the military and entitled to the basic salary commensurate to the rank, Calubaquib added. (PNA)