SC employee dismissed for faking Civil Service Exam

THE SUPREME Court (SC) has dismissed one of its employees who was found to have asked someone else to take his Civil Service Exam.

In the court’s decision dated April 27 and made public on June 11, it said the employee was found “guilty of dishonesty” and was “dismissed from service effective immediately with forfeiture of all his retirement benefits.”

The dismissed worker has also been barred from reinstatement or appointment to any public office.

The country’s Highest Court also said the employee was given a chance to explain but “simply denied the charge… without any supporting proof which should be considered as a weak defense.”

The exam was taken in Malolos, Bulacan on Dec. 17, 1995.

The Civil Service Commission referred the case to the Supreme Court through a letter dated Dec. 26, 2013 when it found that the employee’s photo on his personal data sheet was different from the person in the photo with his Civil Service Exam.

Discrepancies in signatures were also found. — Bianca Angelica D. Añago