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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1078
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1078 -
CONVERTING THE BASAR BASE COMMUNITY COLLEGE INTO THE PHILIPPINER FORCE
COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS, PROVIDING FOR A CHARTER FOR THIS PURPOSE
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WHEREAS,
the Constitution of the Philippines directs the State to establish and
maintain a complete, adequate, and integrated system of education
relevant to the goals of national development and further prescribes
that all educational institutions shallm to develop scientific,
technological and vocational efficiency; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 6-A also known as the
Educational Development Decree of 1972 promulgated on September 29,
1972, it had been declared a policy of the government to re-orient the
educational system toward an accelerated national economic growth and
meaningful social development;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, Basar Base Community College originally established with the
approval of the Secretary of Education and Culture to cater to the
educational needs of the military personnel of Basar Base, their
dependents, and civilians residing in the surrounding communities has
successfully brought into this rural area, college education at a
minimal cost;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Department of Educational and Culture authorizes community
colleges to offer two-year courses only and the authority of Basar Base
Community College as a full-fledged college was granted merely as an
exception to this policy of the National Board of Education for lack of
a clear-cut legal basis;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, civic, action is one important activity adopted by the AFP to
help the government achieve national economic growth and the goals of
the New Society, and the promotion of education especially alongrcraft
technology through a system similar to that of Basar Base College is a
civic action of the highest form without expense on the part of the AFP
other than the loan of available buildings and facilities for
instructional purposes;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the conversion of the Basar Base Community College into a
Philippiner Force College of Aeronautics providing for its own charter,
broadening for this purpose its circular offerings would serve to
better achieve the foregoing; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution do hereby order
and decree to be part of the law of the land the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. The present Basar Community College
located at two PAF bases of Nichols and Basa, a self-supporting and
non-profit institution, is hereby converted into the Philippiner Force
College of Aeronautics. The Philippiner Force College of Aeronautics
shall hereafter be referred to in this Decree as the College.
Section 2. The College shall primarily provide
professional and advanced vocational and technical instruction and
training in the fields of aeronautics, electronics, and supply
management. It shall also promote research and advanced studies, and
progressive leadership in its field of specialization.
Section 3. In additional to its present secondary
and collegiate curricular offering the college shall, whenever the
Board of Trustees has determined that the financial and instructional
facilities of the college permit, offer post graduate courses in the
field of specialization above mentioned, subject to existing laws and
DEC rules and regulations.
Section 4. The College shall be opened to the public
and no student shall be denied admission to the college by reason of
sex, ethnic consideration or religious belief or affiliation. However,
whenever space in classrooms and training facilities of the college
limit the number of students to the admitted, priority shall be given
to residents of the PAF community responsible for the initial support
and establishment of the college.
Section 5. The college shall have a Board of
Trustees which shall be the governing body of the college. The Board
shall consist of the Secretary of Education and Culture as chairman,
CG, PAF as vice-chairman, Director of the Bureau of Public Education, a
representative of the CAA, and the incumbent Director, Basar Base
Community College who shall be replaced by the college President upon
the latter's appointment, as members. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 6. The college shall be headed by a
President to be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon
recommendation of the Board of Trustees. His salary, or honorarium
shall be fixed by the Board of Trustees subject to existing laws, and
which shall, whenever applicable, be comparable to that being received
by Presidents of similar educational institution of like enrollment and
standing.
Section 7. The powers and duties of the President of
the college in addition to those specifically provided for in this
Decree shall be those usually pertaining to the Office of the President
of a University.
Section 8. Until such time as a President is
appointed and in order not to interrupt existing projects and the
smooth functioning of the college, the Director of Basar Base Community
College shall act as the Officer-in-Charge of the College. The faculty
as well as the other personnel thereof as are presently employed on
full-time basis, shall likewise be absorbed by the said college.
Salaries of the personnel shall be adjusted in the discretion of the
Board of Trustees, subject to existing laws and regulations, and all
properties and assets, as well as all its liabilities shall be absorbed
by the new college. The present compound and buildings now used by the
main school at Basar Base and the Annex at Nicholsr Base shall likewise
continue and to be used by the college on loan basis from the
Philippiner Force.
Section 9. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall
consist of a majority of all the members holding office at the time a
meeting is called. All process against the Board of Trustees shall be
served on the President or Secretary thereof.
Section 10. The members of the Board of Trustees
shall be entitled to an allowance comparable to that of other
educational institution of like enrollment and standing, to be paid out
of the school budget.
Section 11. The Board of Trustees shall have the
following powers and duties in addition to its general powers of
administration, and the exercise of all the power of a corporation as
provided in Section Thirteen of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred
Fifty-Nine as amended otherwise known as the Corporation Law:cralaw:red
(a) To appropriate for the purposes specified by
laws such sum as may be provided for the support for the College;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(b) To confer degrees upon successful candidates for
graduation of the College. It may also confer honorary degrees upon
persons in recognition of learning, statesmanship or eminence in any of
the fields of specialization of the college, or in recognition of
public service: Provided, that such degrees shall not be conferred in
consideration of or to reciprocate some personal favors; Provided
further, that such honorary degrees shall not be conferred without
prior approval of the Secretary of Education and Culture; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(c) To utilize the President of the College to award
proficiency certificates or diploma to students who have completed
non-degree courses;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(d) To appoint on recommendation of the President of
the College, a vice-president, deans, directors, secretaries of the
College, registrar, heads of departments, professors, instructors,
lectures, and other officials and employees of the College; to fix
their compensation, hours of services, and such duties and conditions
as it may deem proper; and to grant them in its discretion, leave of
absence, under such regulations as it may promulgate; to remove them
for cause after an investigation and hearing; to establish chairs in
the College, and to provide for the maintenance or endorsement of such
chairs as may be necessary;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(e) To approve the curricula and rules and
discipline drawn by the College Council as hereinafter provided;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(f) To fix tuition fees, matriculation fees,
graduation fees, and such special fees as will constitute a special
trust fund for the College;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(g) To provide fellowship for qualified faculty
members and scholarship to deserving students;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(h) To prescribe for the College such rules and
regulations, not contrary to law, as may be necessary to carry out the
purpose and function of the College;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(i) To receive in trust legacies, gifts, and
donations of real and personal property of all kinds, to administer the
same for the benefits of the College, or any department thereof, ord to
any student in accordance with the directions and instructions of the
donor, and in default thereof, in such manner as the Board of Trustees
may in its discretion determine. All such donations shall be exempt
from all taxes and deductible items from the income tax of the donors;
and
(j) To authorize the College to undertake
construction and/or repair of its buildings, machinery and equipment
and other facilities, subject to existing laws, orders and decrees.
Section 12. On or before the fifteenth day of the
second month after the opening of regular classes each year, the Board
of Trustees shall file with the Office of the Secretary of Education
and Culture a detailed report, setting forth the progress, conditions
and needs of the College. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 13. There shall be a College Council
consisting of the President of the College and all members of the
faculty with the rank of professors. The Council shall have the power
to prescribe the curricula and rules of discipline, subject to the
approval of the Board of Trustees. It shall fix the requirements for
admission to the College, as well as for graduation and the conferring
of degrees subject to review by the Board of Trustees. The Council
shall have the power to recommend students or others to be recipients
of degrees. Through the President of the College or its duly authorized
committee, the Council shall have disciplinary power over the students
within the limits prescribed by the rules of discipline.
Section 14. The body of instructors and professors
of the College shall constitute the faculty of the College.
Section 15. No member of the faculty of the College
shall attempt directly or indirectly, under penalty of dismissal by the
Board of Trustees, to influence students or any person in the College
towards any ideology, political or otherwise, which preaches the
over-throw of the government through violence or subversion.
Section 16. There shall be a Secretary of the
college appointed by the Board of Trustees, who shall also act as the
Secretary of the board, and shall keep such records of the college as
may be designated by the board.
Section 17. Heads of bureaus or offices of the
National Government are hereby authorized to loan or transfer, upon
request of the President of the College, such apparatus or supplies as
may be needed by the College when, in the judgment of the head of the
bureau or office, such supplies or apparatus can be spared without
detriment to the public service. The Commanding General, Philippiner
Force and Director, Civil Aeronautics Administration may allow
employees to serve with the College, subject to existing laws, rules
and regulations. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 18. The College shall be self-supporting,
non- profit and shall aspire to give low-cost education and training
without sacrificing such standard as comparable to other technical
institutions. The income derived from fees or students shall be used to
defray the cost of its operations and any balance thereof shall be used
to improve its facilities in order to broaden its curricular offerings.
Section 19. This Decree shall take effect upon its
approval.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 26th of January, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Seventy-Seven.
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