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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 479
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 479 -
AMENDING R.A. NO. 3478 AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS SUBSIDY ACT, SO AS TO INCLUDE THE BARRIO HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE
COVERAGE THEREOF
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WHEREAS,
R.A. No. 3478 as amended by R.A. No. 4128 provides an appropriation of
ten million pesos (P10,000,000.00) asd to all provinces, municipalities
and cities, except, Manila and Quezon City, in the maintenance of
public high schools; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, R.A. No. 6054 enacted much later authorizes the establishment
of barrio high schools funded mainly from tuition fees of students and
from a very meager share of the realty tax collected on real property
situated thereat;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the growth in the number of barrio high schools today has
clearly demonstrated the concern of local officials with the
educational welfare of the barrio youth in their thirst for secondary
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WHEREAS, said barrio high schools are part and parcel of the
educational system but are not included within the coverage of the
nationald annually allocated to public secondary schools under R.A. No.
3478;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, due to inadequate fund resources as now authorized by law,
most barrio high schools today are beset with financial problems for
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WHEREAS, with improved funding of secondary schools including barrio
high schools, the reorientation of the secondary curriculum towards
increased emphasis on work-oriented programs particularly supervised
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WHEREAS, the State, in assuming the obligation to give financial
assistance to public institutions rendering service to a great number
of people, is committed to the continuing program of human resource
development, more particularly the youth who must be encouraged and
provided the opportunity to strive for social and economic uplift,
thereby enabling them to contribute more effectively to the development
of their communities. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution do hereby
decree and order the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Provisions of existing law to the contrary
notwithstanding, there is appropriated out of any funds in the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten million pesos
(P10,000,000) in addition to such sums as have been appropriated in the
Appropriations Decree for FY 1973-74 asd to public general secondary
schools including barrio high schools.
Section 2. Excluded from the benefits of this Decree
are general secondary schools in the cities of Manila and Quezon City
and all First Class A cities and municipalities. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. All barrio high schools shall be converted
into vocational schools and work-oriented programs related to community
development needs shall be emphasized.
Section 4. The Secretary of Education and Culture
shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to convert
barrio high schools into vocational schools and carry out the
provisions of this Decree; Provided, however, that in the allocation of
thed herein provided, distribution to beneficiaries shall be as
equitable as possible based on the need instead of mainly on the basis
of student population.
Section 5. All Acts or parts of Acts, administrative
orders and rules and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of
this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Section 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 6th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-four.
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