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BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG. 241BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 241 - AN ACT
CONVERTING THE NORTHERN MINDANAO NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE INTO THE
NORTHERN MINDANAO STATE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EXPANDING
FOR THIS PURPOSE ITS CURRICULAR PROGRAMS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Section 1. The
present Northern Mindanao National Agricultural College, located in the
City of Butuan, Province of Agusan del Norte, is hereby converted into
the Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology,
hereinafter referred to in this Act as the Institute.
Sec. 2. The Institute shall primarily provide
higher vocational, professional, and technical instruction and training
in agricultural and industrial fields. It shall also promote research,
advanced studies, and progressive leadership in the fields of
agriculture, including agricultural education and home technology,
fishery, forestry and industrial education.
Sec. 3. In addition to its present secondary
agricultural course and undergraduate course leading to the decree of
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education, the Institute shall
offer undergraduate courses leading to the decrees of Bachelor of
Science in Agriculture, Bachelor of Science in Agricultural
Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Home Technology, Bachelor of
Science in Industrial Education, Bachelor of Science in Industrial
Arts, 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.
Sec. 4. No student shall be denied admission to
the Institute by reason of sex, ethnic consideration, or religious
belief or affiliation.
Sec. 5. The head of the Institute shall be known
as the President of the Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science
and Technology. He shall be appointed by the President of the
Philippines.
The powers and duties of the President of the Institute, in addition to
those specifically provided for in this Act, shall be those usually
pertaining to those office of the president of a college.
Sec. 6. The governing body of the Institute shall
be the Board of Trustees of the Northern Mindanao State Institute of
Science and Technology. It shall be composed of the Minister of
Education and Culture, who shall be the chairman and the Regional
Director of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Regional Development
Council Director, the President of the Institute, incumbent Governor of
the Province of Agusan del Norte, incumbent City Major of Butuan,
President of the Alumni Association of the Institute, and four
prominent residents of Agusan del Norte who are holders of degrees
relevant to the courses offered in the Institute as members.
Such residents shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines.
Of the first group appointed, the President of the Philippines shall
designate one to serve for one year; one to serve for two years; one to
serve for three years; and one to serve for four years. Thereafter,
persons 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 permanent vacancy, the position shall be filled
by appointment by the President of the Philippines. Such appointee
shall hold office for the unexpired term only.
When the Minister 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 Deputy Minister of Education
and Culture shall temporarily perform the functions of the Chairman of
the said Board.
When both the Minister and the Deputy Minister 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 from among themselves a
temporary chairman who shall act as chairman thereof.
Sec. 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 meeting of the
Board or upon other official business authorized by resolution thereof,
subject to pertinent budget laws, rules and regulations on honoraria
and allowances.
Sec. 8. In addition to its general powers of
administration, the Board of Trustees shall have the following powers
and duties:
(a) To receive and appropriate for the purpose
specified by law such sums as may be provided for the support of the
Institute;
(b) To confer degrees upon successful candidates for
graduation of the Institute. It may also confer the usual honorary
degrees upon persons in recognition of learning, statesmanship or
eminence in agriculture, forestry, industry or public service related
to such fields;
(c) Subject to civil service law, rules and
regulations, to appoint, upon recommendation of the Institute, the
deans, of the different schools of the Institute, the registrar, the
heads of the departments, professors, instructors, lectures, and other
employees of the Institute; to fix, in accordance with the Office of
Compensation and Position Classification rates, their compensation; to
prescribe hours of service, duties and conditions of work as it may
deem proper; to grant to them in its discretion, leaves of absence
under such regulations as it may promulgate, any provision of law to
the contrary notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after an
investigation and hearing pursuant to civil service law governing
disciplinary action;
(d) To approve the curricula and rules of discipline
drawn up by the Institute Council as hereinafter provided;
(e) To fix the tuition fees required of students as
well as matriculation fees, graduation fees and fees for laboratory
courses, and all special fees and remit the same to office or authority
concerned;
(f) To provide fellowships and scholarships for
deserving faculty members and students;
(g) To prescribe rules for its own government and for
this purpose, to enact such regulations not contrary to law, as may be
necessary;
(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, or for aid to any student in accordance with the
directions and instruction of the donor, and in default thereof, in
such manner as the Board of Trustees may in its discretion determine;
(i) To include, and absorb in order to maintain the
different barangay high schools within the service area of the
Institute in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte; to establish such other
branches within the Province of Agusan del Norte as may be necessary
and within the limits of its appropriations; and to designate other
schools of secondary level as feeder schools;
(j) To provide vocational training to adult citizens
and out-of-school youths; and
(k) To name after prominent Filipinos or heroes any
such building, annex, ground, or branch of the Institute.
Sec. 9. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall
consist of a majority of all the members holding office at the time the
meeting of the Board is called. All process against the board of
Trustees shall be served on the President or Secretary thereof.
Sec. 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 Institute.
Sec. 11. There shall be an Institute Council
consisting of the President of the Institute and all members of the
faculty of the Institute. 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
Institute, as well as for graduation and the conferring of degrees,
subject to review by 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 Institute or a duly authorized
committee, the council shall have disciplinary power over the students
within the limits prescribed by the rules of discipline.
Sec. 12. The body of instructors and professors of
the Institute shall be constitute the faculty of the Institute, with
the President of the Institute as the presiding officer.
No member of the faculty of the Institute shall attempt directly or
indirectly, under penalty of dismissal by the Board of Trustees, to
influence students or attendants at the Institute towards any ideology,
political or otherwise, which preaches the overthrow of the government
through violence or subversion.
Sec. 13. There shall be a secretary of the
Institute who shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees upon
recommendation of the President of the Institute. He shall be the
secretary of the Board and also of the Institute, and shall keep such
records of the Institute as may be determined by the Board of Trustees.
Sec. 14. The President of the Institute 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 Institute.
Sec. 15. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be
ex officio treasurer of the Institute. All accounts and expenses
therefor shall be audited by the Commission on Audit and all
disbursement shall be made in accordance with existing auditing rules
and regulations.
Sec. 16. Heads of the bureaus and offices of the
National Government are hereby authorized to loan, or transfer upon
request of the President of the Institute, such apparatus, equipment,
or supplies as may be needed by the Institute and to detail employees
for duty herein, 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 duties as is required
under such detail, and the time so employed shall be counted as part of
their regular official service.
Sec. 17. The requirements provided for in this Act
which may be detrimental to the present faculty and employees of the
Northern Mindanao National Agricultural College, who may be absorbed by
the Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology, shall
not apply to them. But future appointees to the said Institute shall be
subject to all requirements provided for in this Act.
Sec. 18. All parcels of land, buildings, equipment
and facilities owned by the Northern Mindanao National Agricultural
College, as well as obligations and appropriations thereof, shall be
transferred to the Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and
Technology.
Sec. 19. The existing appropriations for the
Northern Mindanao National Agricultural College are hereby transferred
to the Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology, to
be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of this Act. The
necessary sum for the operation and maintenance of the Institute shall
be provided for in subsequent General Appropriations Acts.
Sec. 20. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: November 11, 1982
(P.B. No. 25)
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