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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 763 - AN ACT TO
ESTABLISH THE MINDANAO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY |
Section 1. There
is hereby established in the municipal district of Kabacan, Province of
Cotabato, Island of Mindanao, a vocational college to be known as the
Mindanao Institute of Technology which will offer not only elementary,
secondary general, secondary vocational and normal courses of
instruction but also collegiate agricultural and industrial courses
leading to bachelors' degrees. It shall also offer opportunities for
manual labor as assistance to self-supporting students.
Sec. 2. The head of the Institute shall be known as the President of the Mindanao Institute of Technology. He shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the Board of Trustees of the Institute. The powers and duties of the President of the Institute, in addition to those specifically provided in this Act, shall be those usually pertaining to the office of the president of a college or university. Sec. 3. The governing body of the Institute shall
be the Board of Trustees of the Mindanao Institute of Technology. The
said Board shall be composed of the Secretary of Education, who shall
be the chairman, the Chairman of the Committee on Education of the
Senate, the Chairman of the Committee on Education of the House of
Representatives, the Director of Public Schools, the President of the
College, and a prominent non-Christian resident of Cotabato to be
designated by the President of the Philippines. Sec. 4. The Board of Trustees shall have the
following powers and duties, in addition to its general powers of
administration: Sec. 5. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall consist of a majority of all members. All process against the Board of Trustees shall be served on the President or secretary thereof. Sec. 6. On or before the fifteenth of June of each year, the Board of Trustees shall file with the President of the Philippines a detailed report, setting forth the progress, conditions, and needs of the Institute. Sec. 7. There shall be an Institute Council consisting of the President of the Institute and of all instructors and professors of the Institute. The Council shall have the power to prescribe the curricula and rules and discipline, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees. It shall fix the requirements for admission to the Institute, 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 recipients of degrees. Through its President or committee, it shall have disciplinary power over the students within the limits prescribed by the rules of discipline approved by the Board of Trustees. Sec. 8. The body of teachers, principals, supervisors, instructors and professors of the Institute shall constitute the faculty of the Institute, with the President of the Institute as the presiding officer. In the appointment of professors or instructors of the Institute, no religious test shall be applied, nor shall the religious opinions or affiliations of the faculty of the Institute be made a matter of examination or inquiry: Provided, however, That no instructor or professor in the Institute shall inculcate sectarian tenets in any of the teachings, nor attempt either directly or indirectly, under penalty of dismissal by the Board of Trustees, to influence students or attendants at the Institute for or against any particular church or religious sect. Sec. 9. Professors and other regular instructors in the Institute shall be exempt as such from any civil service examinations or regulations as a requisite to appointment. Section 10. There shall be a secretary of the Institute, appointed by the Board of Trustees. He shall be the secretary of such Board and also of the Institute, and shall keep such records of the Institute as may be designated by the Board. Section 11. The following property and all its
improvements are hereby transferred to the Mindanao Institute of
Technology for the use of the Institute in carrying out the purposes on
this Act: Section 12. The sum of fifty thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the National Treasury to carry the purposes of this Act. Section 13. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: June 20, 1952 |
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