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 promulgated on September 19,
1972, it has been declared a policy to reorient the educational system
toward an accelerated national economic growth;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the conversion of the Bukidnon Normal School, Cebu Normal
College, Leyte Normal School, and Northern Luzon Teachers College into
the Bukidnon State College, Cebu State College, Leyte State College,
and Northern Luzon State College, respectively, broadening for this
purpose its curricular programs, would serve to achieve the above
national goals;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the conversion of said normal schools and teachers college
into state colleges is in furtherance of the recommendations of the
Presidential Commission to Survey Philippine Education for the
development of national standards of higher education and the better
allocation of government resources for education while preserving the
basic autonomy of the institutions concerned.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order:cralaw:red
Section 1. The above three regional normal schools
and one teachers college under the Bureau of Public Schools are hereby
converted respectively into the following state colleges:cralaw:red
a) The Bukidnon Normal School located in Malaybalay,
Bukidnon into the Bukidnon State College; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b) The Cebu Normal College located in Cebu City into
the Cebu State College;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c) The Leyte Normal School located in Tacloban City
into the Leyte State College; and
d) The Northern Luzon Teachers College located in
Laoag City into the Northern Luzon State College.
Each of said Colleges shall offer four-year and five-year courses
leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education,
Bachelor of Science in Education, Bachelor of Science in Home
Economics, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts in
Education, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Education, Science,
Arts and Letters, as the graduate and undergraduate levels are deemed
useful and necessary to realize the purposes of each College.
Section 2. The purpose of each College shall be to
provide professional and technical instruction in the fields of
elementary, secondary and collegiate education in science, as well as
in the humanities for their respective service area.
Section 3. The head of each College shall be known
as President. He shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines
upon the recommendation of the Board of Trustees. The powers and duties
of the president of each College, in addition to those specifically
provided for in this Decree, shall be those usually pertaining to the
office of the president of the college.
Section 4. Each College shall exercise the general
powers set out in Section Thirteen of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and
Fifty-nine, as amended. The governance and administration of each
College and the exercise of its corporate powers shall be vested
exclusively in the Board of Trustees and in the president of the
College insofar as authorized by said Board. The Board of Trustees
shall be composed of the Secretary of Education and Culture who shall
be ex-officio Chairman of the Board, the Director of Higher Education,
the Presidents of said Colleges and two (2) prominent citizens of the
Region to be appointed by the President of the Philippines. Of the two
appointed members, one shall be an authority on science and the other
on arts and letters, either one of whom shall be an alumnus of the
college. In the absence of the Secretary of Education and Culture or in
case of inability to act as Chairman of the Board, or in the event that
there is no incumbent Secretary of Education and Culture, his functions
as such shall be temporarily performed by the Undersecretary of
Education and Culture.
Section 5. The members of the Board of Trustees
shall be entitled to an allowance of fifty pesos per meeting actually
attended but not more than three hundred pesos per month: Provided,
That they shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses
incurred either in attendance at the meetings of the Board or in
connection with other official business authorized by resolution of the
Board. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 6. The Board of Trustee shall exercise for
each College all the powers of a corporation as provided in Section
thirteen of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Fifty-nine, as amended.
In addition to its general powers of administration, it shall also have
the following powers and duties:cralaw:red
a) To receive and appropriate to the ends specified
by law such funds as may be provided by law for the support of each
College;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b) To confer the degrees of Bachelor of Science in
Elementary Education, Bachelor of Science in Education, Bachelor of
Science in Home Economics, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science,
Master of Arts in Education, Master of Education, Master of Arts in
Teaching, and such other degrees in Education, Science and Letters as
may be offered hereafter to successful candidate for graduation;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c) To appoint, on recommendation of the President of
each College, a Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Development
with a position next in rank to the President of the College who shall
assist the President in the administration and supervision of the
College and who shall automatically assume the presidency of the
College in an acting capacity, with full powers and duties, in the
absence of the President or when the office of the president is vacant;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
d) To appoint a college secretary, deans and head of
departments, lecturers and employees of each College; fix their
compensation, hours of service and such other duties and conditions as
it may deem proper; grant them, in its discretion, leave of absence in
accordance with existing laws, rules and regulations; and remove them
for cause after an investigation and hearing shall have been conducted;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
e) To approve the curricula and rules of discipline
drawn up by each College Council as hereinafter provided;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
f) To fix the tuition fees required of students, as
well as matriculation fees, graduation fees, fees for laboratory
courses and all special fees, and to remit the same in special cases;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
g) To provide fellowships for deserving faculty
members and scholarships for students of exceptional brilliance;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
h) To promulgate rules for its own governance and to
enact for the government of each College such general ordinances and
regulations, not contrary to law, as are consistent with the purposes
of each College as defined in Section two of this Decree;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
i) 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 each College or 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. Such donations shall be exempt from all taxes and considered
as deductible items from the income tax of the donors;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
j) To import, duty free, commodities for educational
purposes as an exception to existing laws; and
k) To authorize the College to undertake
construction and/or repair of its buildings and other facilities, any
provision of law or executive order to the contrary notwithstanding,
provided that the funds for the purpose shall come from its
appropriation. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 7. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall
consist of a majority of all its members holding office at the time a
meeting is called.
Section 8. On or before the fifteenth of June of
each year, the Board of Trustees shall submit to the President of the
Philippines a detailed report setting forth the programs, conditions
and needs of each College.
Section 9. There shall be a College Council
consisting of the President of the College, the Vice-President of
Academic Affairs and Development, and all instructors and professors of
each College. The Council shall have the power to prescribe the
curricula and the rules of discipline, subject to approval of the Board
of Trustees. It shall fix the requirements for admission to the College
as well as for graduation and the receiving of a degree. The Council
alone shall have the power to recommend students or others to be the
recipients of degrees or honors. Through its president or committee, it
shall have disciplinary control over the students within the prescribed
rules of discipline approved by the Board of Trustees.
Section 10. The body of instructors and professors
shall constitute the faculty of each College, with the President of the
College as the presiding officer. In the appointment of professors or
instructors of each college, no religious test or party loyalty check
shall be applied.
Section 11. Professors, instructors, lecturers and
the Secretary of each college shall be exempt as such from any civil
service examination as a requisite for appointment and their salaries
should be exempted from the WAPCO, but the other personnel of the
College shall be subject to the Civil Service and WAPCO Laws, rules and
regulations.
Section 12. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall
be ex-officio Treasurer of each College; and all accounts and expenses
shall be audited by the Chairman of the Commission on Audit or his duly
authorized representatives.
Section 13. The Board of Trustees shall appoint a
Board Secretary who shall be the Secretary of the Board of Trustees and
who shall keep the records of the Board.
Section 14. The President of each College, with the
cooperation of the superintendents within the service area of the
College, may use one or more of their schools as training or laboratory
schools for student teaching, research and innovative projects.
Section 15. In order not to interrupt the smooth
functioning of said normal schools and teachers college, the present
faculty members as well as all the other personnel thereof that are
recommended by the President of the College, shall be reappointed to
their respective State Colleges. Salaries of these personnel shall be
adjusted at the discretion of the Board of Trustees within the amount
available for appropriation.
Section 16. The present school site of each College
and all other school properties are hereby transferred, ceded and
conveyed to each respective State College.
Section 17. All provisions of law inconsistent with
this Decree are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 18. In order to carry out the purposes of
this Decree the sum of four million pesos is hereby authorized to be
appropriated from any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, in addition to the funds already appropriated under
existing laws or decrees. Thereafter, the sum necessary for the
operations of the herein state colleges shall be included in the annual
general appropriations measure.
Section 19. This Decree shall take effect
immediately except insofar as the additional appropriation is concerned
which shall become available in January 1, 1977.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 14th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-six.
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