Kalibo to host Philippine Military Academy entrance exam

BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL

The town of Kalibo in Aklan is one of the 37 testing centers nationwide for the forthcoming Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Entrance Examination 2014 on August 31, 2014.

Interested examinees to become part of the Cadet Corps Armed Forces of the Philippines for PMA Class of 2019 must be a natural born Filipino citizen, single, physically fit, no administrative or criminal case, never been married nor pregnant nor has a legal obligation to support a child or children, born from April 1, 1993 to April 1, 1998, and at least a high school graduate. 

A high school student who was born from April 2, 1998 to April 1, 1999 may also take the exam but will be processed for admission the year following the examination.

Aside from Kalibo, Aklan, the cities of Iloilo and Bacolod were identified by PMA as testing centers in Western Visayas. 

The applicants have to submit their application through regular mail or courier services or submit their online online application through the academy’s website at www.pma.ph on or before July 25, 2014.

The  entrance examination of the country’s premier military examination aims to measure the mental ability of applicants in the areas of Math (Algebra and Geometry), English (Grammar, Composition, and Reading and Comprehension) and Abstract Reasoning which is called SPMA (Verbal and Numerical Reasoning and Pattern Analysis). 

The qualified PMA entrance examinees will go through rigid medical, psychological, and physical examinations to determine their fitness to undergo the four-year military training in the Academy.