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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 470
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 470 -
CONVERTING THE VISAYAS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE INTO THE VISAYAS STATE
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, EXPANDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ITS CURRICULAR
PROGRAM IN AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
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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 shall to develop scientific,
technological and vocational efficiency; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 6-A promulgated on September 29,
1972, it has been declared policy to reorient the educational system
toward an accelerated national economic growth; and
WHEREAS, the conversion of the Visayas Agricultural College into a
State Agricultural College, broadening for this purpose its curricular
programs, would serve to achieve the above national goals;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 laws of the land the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. The present Visayas Agricultural College
located in the Municipality of Baybay, Leyte, is hereby converted into
the VISAYAS STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, hereinafter referred in this
Decree as the College.
Section 2. The College shall primarily provide higher
vocational, professional, and technical instruction and training in
agricultural and industrial fields with special emphasis given to the
coconut industry. It shall also promote research, advance studies, and
progressive leadership in the fields of agriculture including
agricultural education and home technology, with special emphasis given
to coconut industry, fishery, forestry and industrial education.
Section 3. In addition to its present secondary
agricultural course and undergraduate courses leading to the degrees of
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education, Bachelor of Science in
Agricultural Homemaking and Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, the
College shall offer undergraduate courses leading to the degrees of
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, and Bachelor of
Science in Forestry; post graduate courses leading to the degrees of
Master of Science in Agriculture and Master of Science in Agricultural
Education; courses in fresh-water fish culture and such other degree
courses and special courses as the Board of Trustees may deem necessary.
Section 4. No student shall be denied admission to
the College be reason of sex, ethnic consideration, or religious belief
or affiliation.
Section 5. The head of the College shall be known as
the President of the Visayas State College of Agriculture. He shall be
appointed by the President of the Philippines.
The power 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 college.
Section 6. The governing body of the College shall be
the Board of Trustees of the Visayas State College of Agriculture. It
shall be composed of the Secretary of Education and Culture who shall
be the chairman, the Director of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
the Dean of the University of the Philippine College of Agriculture in
Los Baños, the President of the College, and four prominent
residents of Leyte who are distinguished leaders in agricultural
education or in agricultural activities.
Such residents shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines.
Of the first group appointed, the President shall designate one to
serve for one year; to serve for two years; one to serve for three
years; and one to serve for four years. Thereafter person appointed to
succeed such members shall hold office for a term of four years and
until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. In case
of a permanent vacancy, the position shall be filed by appointment by
the President of the Philippines. Such appointee shall hold office for
the unexpired term only.
When the Secretary of Education and Culture is unable to perform his
duties as Chairman of the Board due to illness, absence or other cause,
or in case of vacancy in the office, the Undersecretary of Education
and Culture shall temporarily perform the functions of the Chairman of
the said Board. When both the Secretary and the Undersecretary of
Education and Culture are unable to exercise the powers of the Chairman
of the Board of Trustees, the members of the Board shall elect for
among themselves a temporary chairman who shall act as Chairman
thereof. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 7. The members of the Board of Trustees shall
serve without compensation but they shall be reimbursed for actual and
necessary expenses incurred either in attendance upon meetings of the
Board or upon other official business authorized by resolution thereof.
Section 8. In addition to its general powers of
administration, the Board of Trustees shall have the following powers
and duties:cralaw:red
(a) To receive and appropriate for the purposes
specified by law such sums as may be provided for the support of the
college;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(b) To confer degrees upon successful candidates for
graduation of the College. It may also confer the usual honorary
degrees upon persons in recognition of learning, statesmanship or
eminence in science, agriculture, forestry, industry or public service
related to such fields;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(c) Subject to Civil Service Law, rules and
regulations, to appoint, upon recommendation of the President of the
College, the Deans of the different schools of the College, the
Registrar, the heads of departments, professors, instructor, lectures
and other employees of the College; to fix, in accordance with WAPCO
rates, their compensation; to prescribe hours of service, duties and
the conditions of works as it may deem proper; to grant to them in its
discretion, leave of absence under such regulations as it may
promulgate, any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, and
to remove them for cause upon investigation and hearing pursuant to
Civil Service Law governing disciplinary action; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(d) To approve the curricula and rules of discipline
drawn up by the College council as hereinafter provided;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(e) To fix the tuition fees required of students as
well as matriculation fees, graduation fees and fees for laboratory
trust fund of the College, and remit the same to the office or
authority concerned;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(f) To provide fellowships and scholarships for
deserving faculty members and students;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(g) To prescribe rules for its own government and for
this purpose, to enact such regulations not contrary to law, as may be
necessary;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(h) To receive in trust legacies, gifts and donations
of real and personal property of all kinds and to administer the same
for the benefit of the College or a department thereof, of ford 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;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(i) To provide vocational training to adult citizens
and out-of-school youths; and
(j) To name after prominent Filipinos or heroes any
building, annex, ground, or branch of the College.
Section 9. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall
consist of a majority of all members holding office at the time the
meeting of the Board is called. All processes against the Board of
Trustees shall be served on the President or secretary thereof.
Section 10. On or before the fifteenth day of June of
each year, the Board of Trustees shall submit to the President of the
Philippines a detailed report, setting forth the progress, condition,
and needs of the College.
Section 11. There shall be a College Council
consisting of the President of the college and all members of the
faculty of the College. 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 of the Board of Trustees. The Council alone shall
have the power to recommend students or others to be recipients of
degrees. Through the President of the College or a duly authorized
committee, the Council shall have disciplinary power over the students
within the limits prescribed by the rules of discipline.
Section 12. The body of instructors and professors of
the College shall constitute the faculty of the College, with the
President of the College as the presiding officer.
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 attendants at the College towards and ideology,
political or otherwise, which preaches the overthrow of the government
through violence or subversion.
Section 13. There shall be a secretary of the College
who shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees upon recommendation of
the President of College. He shall be the Secretary of the Board and
also of the College, and shall keep such of the records of the College
as may be determined by the Board of Trustees.
Section 14. The President of the College may, upon
prior consultation with the superintendent of schools of the province,
designate any secondary school in the division concerned as training or
laboratory school of the College.
Section 15. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be
ex-officio treasurer of the College. All accounts and expenses therefor
shall be audited by the Commission on Audits and all disbursements
shall be made in accordance with auditing rules and regulations. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 16. Heads of bureaus and offices of the
National Government are hereby authorized to loan, or transfer, upon
request of the President of the College, such apparatus, equipment or
supplies as may be needed by the College and to detail employees for
duty therein, when in the judgment of the head of the bureau or office,
such apparatus, equipment, supplies or the services of such employees
can be spared without serious detriment to the public service.
Employees so detailed shall perform such duty as is required under such
detail, and the time so employed shall be counted as part of their
regular official service.
Section 17. The requirements provided in this Decree
as may prove adverse to the present faculty and employees of the
Visayas Agricultural College who may be absorbed by the Visayas State
College of Agriculture shall not apply to them. But future appointees
to the said College shall be subject to all the requirements provided
in this Decree.
Section 18. All parcels of land, buildings, equipment
and facilities owned by the Visayas Agricultural College, as well as
all obligations and appropriations thereof, shall be transferred to the
Visayas State College of Agriculture.
Section 19. In addition to the amount already
appropriated for the Visayas Agricultural College, there is hereby
appropriated, from the funds of the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of two million pesos for purposes of carrying out
immediately the provisions of this Decree. Hereafter, such sums as may
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Decree shall be
included annually in the General Appropriations Decree.
Section 20. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 24th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-four.
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