1,642 hurdle PMA entrance exams

FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City — The Philippine Military Academy (PMA) announced yesterday that only 1,642 or 7.7 percent of 12,767 applicants successfully hurdled the PMA Entrance Examination conducted last August 2, 2015 in different testing centers nationwide.

Maj. Jean Robles, chief of the PMA public affairs office said from the total number of 12,767 applicants who took the exams, only 12,493 were able to complete the test.

The successful applicants is composed of 1,141 males and 501 females who will now be qualified for the next phase of the selection process which is the Complete Physical Examination(CPE) that will be conducted at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center in Quezon City.

She said, they will go through medical, psychological and physical examination to determine their fitness to undergo the four-year military training in the Academy.

After the CPE, the PMA Cadet Procurement Board will deliberate and select the most qualified candidates to compose the PMA Class of 2020. Those who will make it are expected to report to Philippine Military Academy on April 1, 2016 for the Oath-taking Ceremony and Reception Rites.

Being a PMA cadet gives an individual a noble privilege in serving the country. Upon admission to the Cadet Corps Armed Forces of the Philippines, one is developed to become a future military officer that possesses the values of Honor, Integrity, Courage, and Loyalty.