Academy News Updates and Announcements
Philippine Military Academy will formally welcome the one hundred four (104) newly selected cadets, eighty-six (86) of which are male and eighteen (18), female, to compose the PMA Class 2016, in a Reception and Oath-Taking Rites on April 01, 2012. Said figure of successful qualifiers came from a total of 15,873 who took the nationwide examination in August 2011. Out of this number, only 1,120 made it to the next phase of the selection process for PMA Cadetship which is the Complete Physical Examination (CPE) conducted at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center. The qualified PMAEE passers went through medical, psychological and physical examination to determine their fitness to undergo the four-year military training in the Academy. After the series of examinations, the PMA Cadet Procurement Board deliberated and selected the most qualified candidates to compose PMA Class of 2016.
The number of the selected cadets for the Academic Term 2012 is considered to be the smallest in the decade. In 2001, PMA admitted 164 new cadets to compose PMA Class 2005.
According to MGEN NONATO ALFREDO T PERALTA JR AFP, “the primary reason for the selection process is to get only those who are physically and mentally fit for the training in the Philippine Military Academy. The quality of the entrants is crucial to their training in PMA, hence, it must be given the weight rather than the quantity or the number of those who will make up a class.”
PMA Cadets enjoys a full government scholarship. It means, they do not have to pay any single centavo for a tuition during the entire years of training in the Academy where they will earn a Bachelor of Science Degree. They are also commissioned as 2LT and Ensigns in the Armed Forces of the Philippines upon graduating from the Academy. Cadets receive monthly salary and allowances and a chance to undergo the rare and unique PMA experience designed to develop a well-rounded officer and a leader.
List of newly selected incoming cadets of PMA Class 2016
