General Information

Study lessons

1. 1

   The 1987 Constitution: Overview and Preamble

   Learn the structure of the 1987 Constitution, the exact wording and meaning of the Preamble, the national territory under Article I, and the key principles and state policies of Article II that the CSE loves to test.

   15 min
2. 2

   The Bill of Rights (Article III)

   Master due process, searches and seizures, free speech, religion, Miranda rights, bail, self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and ex post facto rules, the single richest source of CSE General Information scenario questions.

   18 min
3. 3

   Citizenship (Article IV)

   Know who are Filipino citizens, why the Philippines follows jus sanguinis, the difference between natural-born and naturalized citizens, dual citizenship versus dual allegiance, and how citizenship is lost and reacquired under RA 9225.

   14 min
4. 4

   Suffrage (Article V)

   Learn who may vote under the 1987 Constitution, the age and residency requirements, why literacy and property tests are banned, how absentee voting and voter registration work, and the role of the COMELEC.

   13 min
5. 5

   The Legislative Department (Article VI)

   Master the composition, qualifications, and terms of the Senate and House, how a bill becomes a law, the veto and override rules, appropriations limits, legislative inquiries, and the party-list system.

   17 min
6. 6

   The Executive Department (Article VII)

   Learn the qualifications and terms of the President and Vice President, the line of succession, the appointment, control, pardoning, and treaty powers, and the strict constitutional limits on martial law.

   17 min
7. 7

   The Judicial Department (Article VIII)

   Understand judicial power and judicial review, the composition of the Supreme Court, appointments through the Judicial and Bar Council, fiscal autonomy, the rule-making power, and the security of tenure that shields judges.

   15 min
8. 8

   The Constitutional Commissions (Article IX)

   Composition, terms, independence guarantees, and core functions of the CSC, COMELEC, and COA, which the CSE tests because the Commission itself administers the exam and expects examinees to know the institutions that police the bureaucracy.

   15 min
9. 9

   Local Government (Article X and LGC basics)

   The levels of local government, local autonomy and devolution, terms of local officials, the LGUs' share in national taxes, and barangay basics, tested because most civil servants work in or with LGUs.

   15 min
10. 10

    Accountability of Public Officers (Article XI)

    Public office as a public trust, the impeachment process, the Ombudsman and Sandiganbayan, and the RA 3019 anti-graft framework, tested because every civil servant is expected to know how officials are held to account.

    16 min
11. 11

    National Economy and Patrimony (Article XII)

    The Regalian doctrine, Filipino-first policy, land ownership rules, natural resource utilization, and the 60-40 rule for public utilities, tested because these define who may own and operate the nation's wealth.

    16 min
12. 12

    Social Justice and Human Rights (Article XIII)

    Labor rights, agrarian and urban land reform, health, women, and the Commission on Human Rights, tested because social justice is the 1987 Constitution's central promise and a core CSE human-rights topic.

    15 min
13. 13

    Education, Science, Arts, Culture, and Sports (Article XIV)

    The right to quality education, free public elementary and secondary schooling, education's budget priority, academic freedom, and the language, science, culture, and sports provisions the CSE regularly tests.

    15 min
14. 14

    Amendments and Revisions (Article XVII)

    The difference between amendment and revision, the three modes of proposing changes to the Constitution, and ratification by plebiscite, tested because charter change is a recurring national issue every civil servant should understand.

    14 min
15. 15

    RA 6713: Overview and the 8 Norms of Conduct

    What Republic Act No. 6713 is for, who it covers, and the eight norms of conduct every public servant must live by, the single most reliably tested law in the CSE General Information section.

    15 min
16. 16

    RA 6713: Duties of Public Officials and Employees

    The five affirmative duties in Section 5 of RA 6713, including the famous 15-working-day rule for answering letters, tested on the CSE through both recall and office-scenario items.

    14 min
17. 17

    RA 6713: Prohibited Acts and Transactions

    The four prohibited acts under Section 7 of RA 6713, the gift rules and their exceptions, the one-year post-employment ban, and the penalties, all frequent sources of CSE scenario questions.

    16 min
18. 18

    SALN and Disclosure of Financial Interests

    Who must file the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth, the three filing deadlines, what it contains, where it is filed, and how the public may access it, a perennial CSE topic with precise testable dates.

    15 min
19. 19

    Conflict of Interest and Divestment

    How RA 6713 defines conflict of interest, the 30-day resignation and 60-day divestment rules, who is exempt, and how the related concepts of relatives' disclosure and nepotism differ, all tested with tricky number swaps on the CSE.

    14 min
20. 20

    Peace and Conflict Concepts

    The core vocabulary of peace studies (positive vs negative peace, the conflict resolution ladder, peace processes, culture of peace, human security) that anchors the CSE's peace and human rights items.

    15 min
21. 21

    Human Rights Concepts

    The characteristics of human rights, the UDHR of 1948, the two big families of rights, and the CHR mandate, all of which appear in the General Information section of the CSE Professional exam.

    15 min
22. 22

    Environmental Protection Laws

    The four flagship Philippine environmental laws (Clean Air, Solid Waste, Clean Water, Wildlife), the EIA/ECC system, and the polluter pays principle, which the CSE tests under environment management and protection.

    16 min
23. 23

    Climate Change and Disaster Risk Basics

    Greenhouse effect fundamentals, mitigation versus adaptation, RA 9729 and RA 10121, and the hazard-risk-vulnerability distinction, all standard CSE General Information territory for a disaster-prone country.

    16 min
24. 24

    The Civil Service System and the CSC

    How the Civil Service Commission, merit and fitness, career and non-career service, eligibilities, appointments, and security of tenure fit together, knowledge the CSE tests because passers are about to enter this very system.

    16 min
25. 25

    Philippine Government Structure

    An integrating map of the Philippine government: the three branches and their checks, national versus local layers, departments versus agencies versus GOCCs, and the independent bodies, tying together everything the CSE tests on the Constitution.

    17 min
26. 26

    Current Events: A Review Framework

    How the CSE actually tests current events (institutions and processes rather than names in the news), how to build a reliable weekly scan routine, and which evergreen civic facts to lock in.

    15 min

Section practice test

14 test sets covering the whole General Information section, 750 original questions with explanations. After you finish the lessons above, prove it here. Randomized every run.