ROOM ASSIGNMENTS: January 2025 Career Service Exam for Foreign Service Officer (CSE-FSO)

The January 2025 Career Service Exam for Foreign Service Officer (CSE-FSO) Online Notice of School Assignment (ONSA) is is now available!

According to the Civil Service Commission, a total of 489 examinees across 12 regional testing centers will take the CSE-FSO on January 26, 2025.

ONSA contains information such as the name of the examinee, the school or venue where the exam will be held, and the room number and seat number assigned to the examinee. To avoid any incoveniences or issues, it is important for examinees to check their assigned testing venue prior to the examination day.

Examinees can access their individual ONSA through the official website of the Civil Service Commission (CSC). This website has also compiled the organized list of all the room assignments for all the registered CSE-PPT examinees in all regions who will take the upcoming exam nationwide, so make sure you pin this page for quick and real-time updates.

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Room Assignments

Examinees’ testing venue or school assignment for the January 2025 Career Service Exam for Foreign Service Officer (CSE-FSO) may be generated using ONSA or the Online Notice of School Assignment. The CSC Regional Offices (ROs) though may also initiate/utilize individual approaches in disseminating information on school assignments of their respective examinees. Examinees may check the availability of ONSA, through the CSC Website at www.csc.gov.ph, a week before the exam.

To use ONSA, examinees should encode/fill in the required data in the corresponding data fields accurately, following the indicated format. Examinees may opt to have a print-out of their Notice of School Assignment using ONSA for their personal reference, but, this is not mandatory and is not a requirement.

If examinees cannot access the ONSA and/or still do not know their school assignment one week before the examination day, they should INQUIRE DIRECTLY with the CSC Regional/Field Office concerned. A complete directory of CSC regional/field offices nationwide is available at the CSC Website.

Important Reminders

Visit your testing venue at least a day before the exam to familiarize yourself with the location and travel time.
Arrive at the venue by 6:30 a.m. Gates close promptly at 7:45 a.m. Latecomers will not be admitted.
Bring a valid ID, preferably the one used during application.
Use only black ball pens for answering. Other pens and colored inks are prohibited.
Calculators, electronic devices, and any exam aid are not allowed.
Test materials cannot be removed from the venue.
Taking photos or videos of exam materials, venues, or scratch work on prohibited surfaces is strictly forbidden.

Examinees are encouraged to use transparent bags for their belongings and wear appropriate attire (preferably white tops). Sleeveless shirts, shorts, and slippers are not allowed.

Examinees’ Guide

A link to the Examinee’s Guide in Taking CSE-PPT (Revised, February 2024) is also available through the ONSA. Examinees are strongly advised to access this link, read thoroughly, and understand fully the examinee’s guide to be familiar with the examination process.

Serving as the orientation/briefing material of examinees, the Examinee’s Guide contains comprehensive information on the conduct of the examination to include guidelines and procedures to be observed before and during exam day among other concerns.

The Examinee’s Guide is intended for the exclusive use of examinees. Thus, examinees are advised NOT to re-distribute their copy of the guide on their Facebook Page, or any other communication platforms.

Things to Bring on Exam Day

1. I.D. CARD (original) – preferably the same I.D. card presented during the filing of exam application. In case of loss or unavailability, the examinee must present any of the other accepted I.D. cards for civil service exam (see Annex A), which is preferably valid, i.e., not expired on exam day.

Photocopy only of I.D. card, or cellphone photo of I.D., shall not be accepted.
All other I.D. cards not included in the list of accepted I.D. cards/documents for civil service exam shall not be accepted.
As a last resort, expired I.D. card may be presented for admission on examination day, provided that, the expiry date of the I.D. card is within the preceding month/s of the year reckoning the date of examination (or from 01 to 25 January 2025).
If I.D. card has no date of birth, examinees should also bring their original Birth Certificate issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority, or the Local Civil Registry.

2. BLACK BALL PEN/s (Note: Only BLACK BALL PEN shall be used in the examination. Pencils and any other kinds of pen such as gel pen, sign pen, fountain pen, friction pen, etc. including other colors of ball pen are not allowed.)

3. PERSONAL ALCOHOL/HAND SANITIZER (not more than 100 ml in size)

Also, examinees may opt to bring water in clear/transparent container, and/or candies/biscuits, which shall be inspected by the Room Examiner/Proctor.

Examination Coverage

The following topics will be covered in the January 2025 Career Service Exam for Foreign Service Officer (CSE-FSO):

List of Accepted IDs for CSE-FSO

Testing Centers (School Assignment)

Passing Score

To pass the examination, the examinee must get an overall score of 80.00%.

Release of Results

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is releasing the official list of passers for all regions in the January 2025 Career Service Exam for Foreign Service Officer (CSE-FSO) within 60 days after the exams.

CSC advised examinees to directly coordinate with the CSC Regional Office for other concerns like verification of examinee number and further examination result-related matters.

Civil Service Commission Directory

If you have concerns and you need help from the Civil Service Commission, you can check their office address, contact number and email address through this link: CSC Official Directory

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