WHEREAS,
Republic Act No. 6629 has provided for the establishment of an
agro-industrial high school in the municipality of Burauen, province of
Leyte, known as Burauen Agro-Industrial High School; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the School serves the student population of the municipality
of Burauen and its neighboring towns;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the late Don Vicente Orestes Romualdez, a native of Leyte, had
not only selflessly dedicated himself to the upliftment of the masses
but also sacrificed beyond personal endurance for the welfare of the
youth in the province;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the school authorities, employees and residents of the
aforesaid municipality passed a resolution requesting the change of the
name of the Burauen Agro-Industrial High School to Don Vicente Orestes
Romualdez Agricultural College to perpetuate his memory; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Education and Culture is in a better
position to determine the needs of the school and should be given the
authority to determine its ideal location in the municipality of
Burauen consistent with the objectives for which it was established.
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:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 6629 is
hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 1. There shall be established under the
Department of Education and Culture, an agro-industrial college in the
municipality of Burauen, Province of Leyte, to be known as Don Vicente
Orestes Romualdez Agricultural College: Provided, however, That only a
general education curriculum with practical arts shall be offered in
the first and second years, and the voca-education curriculum with
practical arts shall be offered in the third and fourth years:
Provided, finally, That the school shall offer short vocational courses
for training in vocations needed in the locality which shall be open to
elementary school graduates: Provided, finally, That the school shall
be open as soon as feasible, two-year post secondary technical courses.
The site of the said school shall be determined by the Secretary of
Education and Culture, upon the recommendation of the Regional
Director, Region VIII, DEC, Tacloban City."
Section 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 10th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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