MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 18 - DIRECTING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CONCERNED TO GIVE MAXIMUM SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR TEACHERS IN THE CONDUCT OF THE ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL BOARD EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERS

The National Board for Teachers, through the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (MECS) and the Civil Service Commission, administers the Professional Board Examination for Teachers, an examination required under Presidential Decree No. 1006 dated September 22, 1976, as amended, for persons who shall engage in teaching whether in public or private elementary or secondary schools. The Professional Board Examination for Teachers is scheduled to be given on October 26, 1986 in at least thirty-nine (39) examination centers throughout the country. For the effective and efficient conduct of the 1986 Professional Board Examination for Teachers, it is hereby directed:  

1. The Ministry of Finance (MOF), the Ministry of National Defense (MND), the New Armed Forces of the Philippines (NAFP), the Philippine Constabulary/Integrated National Police (PC/INP), and all offices under these agencies are hereby urged to extend maximum support and assistance to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (MECS) and the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to ensure full security and smooth administration of the 1986 Professional Board Examination for Teachers;

2. The Ministry of Public Works and Highways (MPWH), the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC), the Philippine Airlines (PAL), the Philippine National Railways (PNR), the Malacañang Press Center (MPC) and the Electronic Data Processing Systems Office (EDPSO) of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) are likewise enjoined to extend maximum support and assistance relative to the transport of examination materials and personnel, the utilization of communication facilities throughout the country, the dissemination of essential information on the holding of the examination, and the computer processing of examination papers, respectively;

3. The Minister of National Defense, the Commanding General of the Philippine Air Force Security Command, and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs are directed to exempt from inspection all classified materials pertinent to the examination; and

4. All heads of government agencies whose representatives may be designated by the Chairman/Commissioners or the Regional Directors of the Civil Service Commission (CSC), to compose the Regional Board Examination Committees and the Local Board Examination Committees to be established in the provincial/city capitals where the examination will be held, are requested to extend maximum support and assistance in all matters relative to the conduct of the examination.  

Since 19.07.98.