The Cebu Educational Development Foundation for Information Technology or CEDF-IT is a consortium of industry, academe, government and NGO's that seeks to increase the quantity and improve the quality of professionals in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and IT-Enabled Services Industry.

Philippine Information Technology General Certification Examination

Phil IT GCE Passers

2006-2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012

Title of Certification

Philippine Information Technology General Certification Examination or “PHIL-IT GCE”

Certifying Organization

Cebu Educational Development Foundation for Information Technology (CEDF-IT) in collaboration with www.itpros.ph, the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP), and the European IT Service Center Foundation (EITSC)

General Description

The PHIL-IT GCE may be considered as an overall evaluation of the graduate’s level of cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning as specified in B.S. Computer Science; B.S. Computer Engineering; B.S. Information Technology; and, B.S. Information Management curricula, as well as the graduate’s knowledge, skills, and attitudes pertinent to advanced or latest trends in IT as required by industry.

The PHIL-IT GCE consists of a cluster of “generic examinations” that likewise assesses the graduate’s overall readiness to become a professional in both IT subjects and non-IT subjects. 

In a way, the PHIL-IT GCE serves as an interim solution for the need for a board examination, testing the IT skills of Filipino would-be professionals, with IT skills set by Filipino IT professionals, yet addressing international industry benchmarks.

Target Clientele and Qualification Requirements of Examinee

The PHIL-IT GCE is an entry-level professional competency standards and examinations for graduates/graduating of B.S. Computer Science; B.S. Computer Engineering; B.S. Information Technology; and, B.S. Information Management courses -- recent or otherwise, employed and unemployed -- from the major colleges and universities nationwide who are qualified to take the PHIL-IT GCE as the viable and credible measure of their preparedness, commitment, and competency to enter the world of IT professionals.

Bodies of Knowledge

Fundamentals

• Discrete Math (10%)
• Programming Fundamentals (15%)
• Professional Ethics (5%)

Systems

• Basic Computer Organization and Architecture (10%)
• Programming Languages (7%)
• Operating System (8%)

Applications

• Business Math (5%)
• Basic Statistics (5%)
• Business Processes & Applications (5%)
• Basic Database and Information Management (7%)
• Basic Networking (8%)
• Basic Software Engineering (10%)
• Trends and Issues (5%)

Duration & Methodology of Examination

Length of the examination is two (2) hours consisting of one hundred items, multiple
choices. Questions are distributed as follows:

Twenty percent (20%) Easy.
Sixty percent (60%) Average.
Twenty percent (20%) Difficult.

Geographic Scope

The PHIL-IT GCE will be available for IT colleges/universities that are members of CEDF-IT and those who are interested to take the exam

Certification Path

No prior certification needed.  Being a generic examination, the PHIL-IT GCE is an excellent preparation for first level examinations in other IT areas – programming, systems administration and design, etc.

Pricing

For the student => The  price of Three Hundred Pesos (P 300.00) Examination
Fee shall be charged to cover basic exam fee if exam is taken in Cebu City, inclusive of issuance of Certificate of Entry-Level Competency for those who pass the examination.  Rates outside Cebu City will have an additional Admin Cost for bringing the exam to the location.  Normally, Admin Cost will range between P 50-100/taker( if number of takers will hit 100-200 hds.)

Other Relevant Information 

By making available an affordable and accessible set of entry-level professional competency standards and examinations, the project hopes to benefit the IT academic community, motivating it thus to improve its curriculum and teaching in the light of measurable indicators from graduates passing or failing the PHIL-IT GCE; and, the IT industry and other businesses desiring to employ competent IT professionals that shall thenceforth be equipped with a set of pre-employment generic testing instruments that confirm entry level readiness for employment. The PHIL-IT GCE has been adopted by the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines as the official talent assessment tool for IT graduates.

For more information please call Sherwin of CEDF-IT at 412-7695 to 96