EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 299 - EXPANDING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SCHOLARSHIPS CREATED UNDER THE CABINET RESOLUTION DATED 06 JUNE 1956

WHEREAS, the Special Committee on Scholarships (SCS) was created through a Cabinet Resolution dated 06 June 1956, and mandated to ensure that the requirements of the Economic and Development Program of the Government for skilled manpower and knowledge workers are met through the efficacious availment of foreign-assisted training programs available to the Government;

WHEREAS, the Economic and Development Program of Government embodies the vision and priorities of the President; 

WHEREAS, there is a need to ensure that SCS operations are “guided by declarations of policies that may be issued from time to time by the Office of the President . . .” as provided for in Executive Order (EO) No. 129, s. 1968;

WHEREAS, the pursuit of the Economic and Development Program of the Government involves the corresponding development of the government’s human resources; 

WHEREAS, the development of the government’s human resources requires a continuing education program especially in the tertiary and post-graduate levels;

WHEREAS, the foregoing concerns may be adequately addressed by expanding the membership of the SCS to include representatives from the Office of the President and the Commission on Higher Education;

WHEREAS, Sec. 76 of Republic Act No. 8760, otherwise known as the General Appropriations Act of 2000, authorizes the President to direct organizational changes in any department or agency; 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1. Reconstitution of the SCS. — The composition of the Scholarship Committee Secretariat created under the Cabinet Resolution of June 6, 1956, is hereby amended as follows: 

Chairman
Deputy Director-General of the National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA)

Members

- Undersecretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs

- Undersecretary of Department of Education,
  Culture and Sports

- A member of the Commission on Higher Education

- A member of the Civil Service Commission

- A representative of the academic community

- A representative from the Office of the President/
  Presidential Management Staff