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Practice question: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A Filipino applicant invokes the constitutional right to select a profession and course of study to demand admission to a program despite failure to meet stipulated fair, reasonable and equitable admission and academic requirements. What does Article XIV, Section 5(3) provide?
  1. The choice right abolishes every academic requirement
  2. The choice right belongs only to incumbent officials
  3. The choice right is expressly subject to those requirements
  4. Every applicant must be admitted regardless of qualifications
  5. Schools may use any arbitrary requirement without review

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article XIV, Section 5(3).

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