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STEPS ON HOW TO APPLY FOR PNPA CADET ADMISSION

TEST:
1. Get a copy of either old or new application forms.Applicants
may upload application form at www.pnpa.edu.ph or at PNPA FB
ACCOUNT. The two page application form can be printed in a
hard copy either in A4 size or long bond papers. Applicant may
print the application form in two separate pages or in a back to
back hard copy.
2. Fill up the entries on the application form. Write legibly with no
erasures. Incomplete entries are ground for disqualification such
as incomplete address or no address, no signature, no birth date,
digitally edited pictures or no pictures attached and other defects
which might be noted by the registrar.
3. The application form should be sent to the address indicated on
the letter head of the application form. Applicants may submit
application forms personnally at PNPA SILANG CAVITE or
through snail mail; postal; express mails : LBC,To GO, GRS
express; Air PHiL, Etc.
4. Online application is still unavailable. And online applicants are
the least priority during the registration of qualified applicants.
5. There are no other required documents to submit except for the
following : 1) window envelope; 2) postal stamp; 3) passport size
picture with name tag and with white background;
5. Qualified applicants for PNPACAT will be receiving notices or
permit to take the exam from September to October. If the
applicants failed to receive notices or permit to take the exam
from PNPA registrar, he/she may check his/her name at
www.pnpa.edu.ph or PNPA FB account. Once his/her name is
included in the list of qualified examinees, he/she should proceed
at the examination center or venue posted at the said site on the
date of examination.
6. All qualified applicants must bring at least two 2X2 pictures with
name tag and with white background, PENCILS no 2, rubber
erasers and at least two valid IDs on the day of examination
which will be announced later.( Usually the examination is
conducted every last Sunday of October)
7. Please read the initial qualification for admission indicated on
the second page of the application form. Please do not apply if
you are not qualified.

Philippine National Police Academy [PNPA] :: Molding Future

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respected public safety officers who will lead our country to a
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he Philippine National
Police Academy was established under Section 19, Presidential
Decree 1184 and became a primary component of the Philippine
Public Safety College (PPSC) 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 (DILG) namely, Philippine
National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and
Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP).
Legal Basis
The PNPA Manual is based on the provisions of Section 6,
Presidential Decree No. 1780 (Philippine National Police
Academy Charter of 1981) and Section 67, Republic Act 6975
(Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990),
and the Philippine Public Safety College Operations Manual.
Vision
The Philippine National Police Academy, for the glory of God,
shall be the primary institution to develop knowledge, skills and
the virtues of Justice, Integrity and Service.
Mission
To provide comprehensive education and training programs to
transform cadets into God-center, community responsive public
safety officers trusted and respected by the people.

Official Logo
The Academy Logo, in the shape of a native shield (Kalasag)
depicts the importance of the public safety services in protecting
the citizenry and in pursuing the commitment of the Academy
according to its mandate, to develop the management and
leadership qualities and skills of the countrys future public safety
service officers.
Motto
In the attainment of its vision and mission of providing quality
education and training, the Philippine National Police Academy
shall be guided by the motto:
To Learn Today, To Lead Tomorrow.
Basic Philosophies
PNPA is committed 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.
Objectives
The Philippine National Police Academy has the following
objectives: Administer the Bachelor of Science in Public Safety
(BSPS) Cadetship Program; Conduct research studies on public
safety education and training.

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Reception Rites
A time-honored tradition for welcoming the chosen few who
heeded the call. It is an initiation of the ultimate kind, an ordeal
that put into severe test the ambitious' worth and determination.
Needless to say, it is a foretaste of the regimental life that lies
ahead.

Incorporation Rites
After the 45-day orientation into the cadetship training termed as
breaking period, the rites formally incorporates the new cadets
into the activities of the Cadet Corps. The new cadets will now live
with their upperclassmen as brothers and sisters in their
respective assigned companies.

Recognition Rites
That simple yet long awaited, hard-earned and earnestly yearned
handshake. To a mammal dwelling in the dim world of plebehood,
no experience is far more excellent and glorious than that of
clasping with the hands of the immaculate. Recognition is a
status. It signifies refinement.

Graduation
There is no greater victory than to achieve the heights of the
Graduation Day. Marking the end of trials and the renaissance of
a new life outside the Academy walls a real image of grandeur
realizing cadet's ideals and standing as a role model that sets him
apart from the rest, he, being born for greater things honed by
honor, discipline and excellence.

Summer Camp
Summer in the Academy is full of tiring but fulfilling activities to
equip cadets with different skills necessary in the work of a public
safety officer. It is also a time to test the courage, will and
determination of incoming cadets through the reception rites and
other similar rigid activities intended for them within the 45-day
breaking period.
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The Facilities
Academics Building
The surging battle in every cadet's life is greatly administered in
this adamant building. From the first hour in the morning to the

deary moment in the afternoon, cadets have gruelled to the

inescapable rigors of academics. It is an edifice that gratifies than
the right knowledge and proper stand on cetain outlooks that
asscociated to their carrers. Academic Building which houses the
classrooms, PCAI Hall, Speech Laboratory and Academic Affairs
Office.
Administrator Building (Aguinaldo's Hall)
As it stands through the years, the administration building remains
a shelter blessed and strengthened by our almighty God to uphold
our mission and vision of the Philippoine National Police
Academy. It serves as the powerhouse of the academy where the
plans and programs of cadetship are designed. It houses the
highest ranking official in the academy.
Barracks
There is no place like home. Cadets consider their barracks as
their second home. They live as one family even though they
come from different places and having divergent cltures. Cadets
are living in one roof to develop the spirit of camaraderies and
harmony.
The underclassmen are responsible for the cleanliness and
ordiliness of the of the entire barracks. They make sure that it is
speak and span and everything is alright. The female cadets have
their own respective barracks for each battalion.
Chapel
Visibly the chapel is the house of worship for the Roman Catholic
Cadets, with Sr. Sto Nino as the patron saint. In the place cadets
cistorical could find peace of mind.
The Leadership building is also an ambiance for character
development and spiritual enrichment. It is situated at the vantage
point overlooking the horse shoe drive and the historical kalasag
hill. Other religious denominations also have their own places of
worship which would make them comforatble where they could
solemnly worship and exercises their faith. The Academy
recognizes the exercises of the religious freedom, which binds
every cadet committed to the oath as humble public servants.
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Brief History
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY:
Transforming Public Safety Services Through Quality
Education and Training
Close to three decades ago, policemen were hired purely on the
basis of personal relations with influential personalities and
government officials. City and municipal policemen were after
being hired, sworn in, and issued weapons. Despite their lack of
knowledge on the police system, they were given the
responsibility of safeguarding and protecting the community.
The police organization then had no code of conduct. The police
service then required neither entry standards nor appropriate
training, and had no consistent promotional polices. However,
substantial improvements were achieved with the passage of
Republic Act 4864 on September 6, 1966, known as the Police
Act of 1966. That law provided for the establishment of the Police
Commission and was renamed National Police Commission
under the Office of the President of the Philippines.
Among the powers, duties and responsibilities of the National
Police Commission were to advise the President on all matters
involving local police administration, examine and audit the
performance, activities and facilities of all local police agencies
throughout the country, promulgate a police manual prescribing
rules and regulations for the efficient organization, administration,
and operation of the local police, including their recruitment,
selection and promotion, organize and develop police training
programs and operate police training centers, and establish a
system of Uniform Crime Reporting.
Upon approval of this Police Act, appointment to a local police
agency was made by the mayor from the list of eligibles certified
by the Civil Service Commission, provided that all appointments

were on probationary basis for a period of six months. After that

an evaluation and recommendation report for retention or
termination by the Chief of Police was required prior to the
expiration of the probationary period.
The set up was not without its concomitant pitfalls. Training was
limited to police service personnel only. Moreover, the system
itself lent to locally based, individualized and separate local police
units that led to the marked preponderance of political influence
and interference over the police forces. Mainly for these reasons,
the government opted to integrate all city and municipal police,
fire and jail services into a unified organization.
A series of police integration laws culminated on August 8, 1975
in the promulgation of Presidential Decree (PD) 765 constituting
the Integrated National Police or INP. It provided for the
integration of all city and municipal police and fire departments
and jails into the Integrated National Police (INP). These
integrated forces were placed under the operational control of the
Philippine Constabulary.
The Integrated National Police was therefore established and
made responsible for public safety, protection of lives and
properties, enforcement of laws and maintenance of peace and
order within the territorial limits of the Philippines. It had the power
to prevent crimes, effect and arrest of criminal offenders and
provide for their detention and rehabilitation. It took necessary
measures to prevent and control fires, investigate the commission
of all crimes and offenses and bring the offenders to justice, all
the while to take every necessary step to insure public safety.
The Philippine Constabulary, as a major service of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines with law enforcement functions, served
as nucleus of the Integrated National Police.
The power of the administrative supervision and control by the
city and municipal governments over their respective local police,
jail and fire department was transferred to the Chief of
Constabulary as Director-General of the Integrated National
Police.
The powers and functions of the National Police Commission in
the training of policemen was the establishment of the integrated
police communication system, the grant of police salary subsidy,

and the adjudication and grant of compensation for temporary

disability benefits, were transferred to the Integrated National
Police, including all appropriate personnel and staff, records and
equipment and other resources appertaining thereto, except for
the powers and functions vested in and exercised by the National
Police Commission.
The National Police Commissions power and functions were the
attestation of appointments, examination, investigation,
adjudication and review of police administrative disciplinary
cases, adjudication and grant of compensation for permanent
disability and death benefits, staff inspection and audit, extended
to the police fire, and jail components of the Integrated National
Police.
Thus, the police, fire and jail services were unified into a single
organization and the responsibility of training INP personnel was
transferred from the National Police Commission on July 1, 1976
to the Integrated National Police Training Command including the
13 regional training centers throughout the country as mandated
by Presidential decree (PD) 765.
Presidential Decree (PD) 765 was only a beginning. On August
26, 1977, PD 1184 otherwise known as the INP Personnel
Professionalization Law of 1977, proposed for the creation of the
Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA). Immediately after the
promulgation of PD 1184, the then chief of Constabulary and
concurrently Director General of the Integrated National Police,
Major General Fidel V. Ramos created a study committee to
prepare the corresponding feasibility study and all other
prerequisites for the activation of the envisioned PNPA based on
PD 1184.
Section 19 of said decree provided that there shall be
established in the Integrated National Police a premiere police
service training institution to be known as the Philippine National
Police Academy for the education and training of the members of
the INP.
In February 1978, General Ramos recommended to Minister Juan
Ponce Enrile, then Minister of National Defense, the activation of
the Philippine National Police Academy. As a result of the
recommendation, Ministry of National Defense (MND) Order No.
83 was issued on May 25, 1978 activating the Philippine National

Police Academy effective June 12, 1978 in line with the national
objective to upgrade the law enforcement service in the country.
Pursuant to said Ministry of National Defense (MND) Order,
General Orders No. 23-P Headquarters Philippine Constabulary /
Integrated National Police dated 23 June 1978 formally
announced the activation of the Philippine National Police
Academy (PNPA). The speed that characterized the creation and
establishment of Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) was
a clear indication of the important role of the institution in the
professional development of police officers in the country. In fact,
its actual operations began even before its formal inauguration. It
conducted entrance examinations fro cadetship on May 28 and
June 4, 1978 to select the best applicants for its first batch of
cadets.
When the formal inauguration took place in June 30, 2978, the
cadets had to share quarters with the INP Training Command at
Fort Bonifacio for more than two months before it moved to Camp
Vicente Lim in Calamba, Laguna as its training venue on August
19, 1978. The apparent infancy of the Academy presented such
as lack of formal organization, staffing and a training site. This
was, however, resolved by having the Integrated National Police
Training Command Headquarters at Fort Bonifacio serve as
surrogate organization of the Academy.
Simultaneously with the formal establishment of the Academy, the
first batch of police cadets was chosen after a rigorous and
painstaking selection process including thorough medical and
psychiatric examinations that took place on June 30, 1978.
Formal academic instructions started in July 17, 1978 with 50
cadets, in formal ceremonies at Fort Bonifacio in the present
Philippine Public Safety College grounds. Two years later, 45 of
them finally graduated to compose the first Bachelor of Science in
Public Safety (BSPS) graduates the Maharlika Class of 1980.
During its initial years of existence, the Academy limited the
admission of its student-cadets to the two-year Bachelor of
Science in Public Safety (BSPS) for qualified members of the
Integrated National Police (INP) only. This meant that applicants
outside the Integrated National Police (INP) services were not
accepted in the cadetship program.

When the Philippine National Police Academy was about to

complete its third year of existence, the Academy modified its
admission requirements to include civilian applicants.
On January 15, 1981, less than three years after its
establishment, the Academy was granted its Academic Charter
through the promulgation of Presidential Decree 1780, otherwise
known as the The Philippine National Police Academy Charter of
1981. This decree elevated the Academy to the status as the
premiere educational and training institution of the countrys
national police force.
Thus, the Philippine National Police Academy was specifically
tasked to develop and conduct comprehensive education and
training programs with the view of Professionalizing the personnel
in every level of command of the Integrated National Police.
The 1978 Bachelor of Science in Public Safety (BSPS) curriculum
underwent curriculum and training revisions and modifications
which brought about the transition from two years to a three-year
curriculum, giving emphasis on the separate specialized areas for
cadets who would opt for either the police, fire and jail bureaus.
Finally, on April 13, 1995, Philippine National Police Academy
(PNPA) found its new and permanent home when it moved to
Camp General Mariano N Castaeda at Silang, Cavite.
With the passage of Republic Act 6975, otherwise known as the
Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990,
the Philippine National Police, the Fire and Jail Bureaus and the
Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC) were created. The
Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) became a primary
component of the Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC), the
institution which was mandated as the premier institution for the
training, human resource development and continuing education
of all police, fire and jail personnel.
It was in January 1997, under the leadership of Police Chief
Superintendent Rufino G. Ibay, Jr. that the proposal to revise the
Bachelor of Science in Public Safety (BSPS) course into a fouryear program was favorably endorsed by then Philippine Public
Safety College (PPSC) President Guillermo P. Enriquez, Jr. that
led to its eventual approval by the Philippine Public Safety
College (PPSC) Board of Trustees which is composed of the
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)

Secretary as Chairman, the head of the Philippine National Police

(PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Bureau of Jail
Management and Penology (BJMP) as members, and the
Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC) President as ex-officio
member.
Since the Academy moved to Camp General Mariano N
Castaeda, Silang, Cavite in 1994 as its new and permanent
home, its facilities have been continuously upgraded to make the
Academy conducive for learning.
Today, the Academy stands at the apex of transformation for the
human development of the countrys public safety officers as it
goes beyond the realm of its vision and mission. The Academy
continuously takes the lead in transforming the Cadet Corps
towards its pledge. TO LEARN TODAY, TO LEAD TOMORROW,
and to live by the Cadet virtues of HONOR, DISCIPLINE and
EXCELLENCE.
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Milestone
26 Aug 1977 PNPA was created as a police and fire service
training institution with the enactment of Presidential Decree No.
1184 otherwise known as the Integrated National Police (INP)
Professionalization Law of 1977.
12 June 1978 - PNPA was formally organized and activated
pursuant to Department of National Defense Order No. 83 issued
on May 25, 1978.
30 Jun 1978 Fifty (50) police cadets were admitted to compose
the pioneer Maharlika Class 1980 and in formal ceremony,
inducted into the Corps of Cadets, INP.
19 Aug 1978 PNPA moved from INP Training Command
Headquarters, Fort Bonifacio, Makati to Camp Vicente Lim,
Calamba, Laguna.
07 Aug 1980 Conferred the BSPS degree to forty- five (45) INP
officers of Special Public Safety Course Maharlika Class of
1980.
15 Jan 1981 Presidential Decree No. 1780 was enacted
granting Academic Charter to PNPA elevating its status into a
state university and as the premier educational institution of the
countrys national police force.
13 Dec 1990 Republic Act 6975 transferred the administration
and supervision of PNPA from the Philippine National Police
(PNP) to the Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC) which was
created
01 May 1993 Admitted female cadets in the cadetship program
in consonance with Republic Act 7192 (The Women in
Development and National Building Act).
16 Apr 1994 PNPA transferred to its permanent home, Camp
General Mariano N Castaeda, Silang, Cavite.
06 April 1995 - PNPA had its first woman graduate
12 June 2003 PNPA 25th Founding Anniversary with former
President Fidel Ramos as Guest of Honor and Speaker.

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Coverage of Examination:

o Communication Skills
o Logical and Reasoning Ability
o Math and Sciences
o General Information and Current Events
o Values and Aptitude for the Service