Over 1,000 applicants pass PMA written exam

FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City - A total of one thousand one hundred ninety six passed the 2012 Philippine Military Academy Entrance Examination (PMAEE) conducted in August in thirty-seven examination centers throughout the country.

Out of the successful examinees, 792 are males and 404 are females or 66 percent were males against 34 percent that were females.

PMA spokesperson Captain Lynette Flores said 14,829 took the Cadet Qualifying Test but only 14,540 completed the written examination.

This year’s total number of examinees, Flores said, surpassed the usual number of PMA examinees for the last 18 years by 240 percent.

The conduct of the PMA Entrance Examination this year, Flores said, is considered by the PMA as a success, considering that significant number of regular applicants showed up during the actual day of the examination, including the huge number of qualified walk-in applicants.

The turnout, the PMA said, can be attributed to the recruitment efforts of the Academy with the help of various AFP units.

These efforts were complemented by the PMA alumni, the local government units and agencies, Flores said.

The successful examinees will be notified by the PMA Office of Cadet Admission and will be given instructions as to the conduct of the Complete Physical Examination, the second phase in the selection process.

According to Flores, the cadet candidates have to pass the physical examination to be appointed as member of PMA Class 2017.

They will be officially received at the PMA on April 01, 2013.