Philippine Military sets August 20 for entrance examination

The Philippine Military Academy will be administering the PMA Entrance Examination on August 20, 2017 in forty (40) examination centers all through-out the country. The PMA Entrance Exam is the first stage in the selection process for cadetship in the premier leadership training school in the country.

PMA Cadets enjoys a full government scholarship. It means, they do not have to pay any single centavo during the entire years of training in the Academy where they will earn a Bachelor of Science Degree. They are also commissioned as 2LT and Ensigns in the Armed Forces of the Philippines upon graduating from the Academy.

This year marks the initial batch of Grade 12 students under the K to 12 Basic Education Program who will be graduating by 2018. They will be allowed to take the PMAEE provided that they will graduate before 01 April 2018. PMAEE applicants will also come from college-level students who graduated from 4th-year High School of the old curriculum.

PMA is at the forefront of the AFP modernization program because its graduates are the ones to lead the Armed Forces in the years to come. As such, Cadets are at the receiving end to the state-of-the-art training facilities and equipment in PMA:

- Model classrooms
- New cadet barracks (student dorms)
- Computer rooms
- Simulation rooms
- Fitness center
- PMA Station Hospital

Qualifications for admission in the Philippine Military Academy are the following:

- Natural-born Filipino citizen,

- Minimum 5 feet for both male and female,

- Physically fit and of good moral character,

- Single and has never been married,

- High school graduate. Senior High School Students (Grade 12) may apply provided that they will graduate before 01 April 2018

- No administrative/criminal case, must pass the PMAEE, and should have been born from April 01, 1996 to April 01, 2001.

Successful applicants will compose the PMA Class 2022 who will be officially received in the Academy in an Oath-Taking Ceremony and Reception Rites on April 01, 2018.

To all applicants, please be reminded of the things to bring during the examination:

- Examination Permit (sent by Office of Cadet Admission)

- Valid Identification (School ID, Voter’s ID, Driver’s License, etc)

- 2 pcs 2×2 picture with white background

- 2pcs mongol 2 pencil

For those interested to take the exam but did not apply, you can take the exam as a walk-in applicant. Just proceed to the examination center of your preference with the following:

- Birth Certificate

- High School Report Card/Form 137 or 138 or College Transcript of Records

- Valid Identification (School ID, Voter’s ID, Driver’s License, etc)

- 2 pcs 2×2 picture with white background

- 2pcs mongol 2 pencil

For those who applied online or by mail but did not receive their exam permit, you will be treated as walk-in applicants.

source | | Philippine Military Academy