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BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG. 377BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 377 - AN ACT
CONVERTING THE MARINDUQUE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES INTO THE MARINDUQUE
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, BROADENING FOR THE PURPOSE ITS
CURRICULAR PROGRAMS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Section 1. The present Marinduque School of Arts and Trades,
located in the Barangay of Tanza, Municipality of Boac, Province of
Marinduque, is hereby converted into the Marinduque 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 science, agriculture and industrial fields. It shall also promote
research, advanced studies and progressive leadership in the fields of
agricultural, mining, fishery and industrial education.
Sec. 3. In addition to the four-year secondary
trade, the two-year trade technical curriculum, the four-year Bachelor
of Science in Industrial Education, the Institute may offer degree
courses in agricultural and fishery education, mining and allied
technological courses leading to degrees in engineering.
Sec. 4. No student shall be denied admission to
the Institute by reason of sex, ethnic consideration, religious belief,
or political affiliation.
Sec. 5. The head of the Institute shall be known
as the President of the Marinduque 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 the office of the president of a college.
Sec. 6. The governing body of the Institute shall
be the Board of Trustees of the Marinduque Institute of Science and
Technology. It shall be composed of the Ministry of Education, Culture
and Sports, who shall be the chairman, and the Regional Director of the
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, the Regional Development
Council Director, the President of the Institute, the incumbent
governor of the Province of Marinduque, the incumbent mayor of Boac,
the president of the alumni association of the Institute, and four
prominent residents of Marinduque who are holders of degrees relevant
to the courses offered in the Institute, as members, who 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, Culture and Sports 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, Culture and Sports shall temporarily perform the functions
of the chairman of the said Board.
When both the Minister and the Deputy Minister of Education, Culture
and Sports 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 meetings of the
Board or upon other official business authorized by a resolution
thereof, subject to existing budget laws 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 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 President of the
Institute, the deans of the different schools of the Institute, the
registrar, the heads of 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 provide fellowships and scholarships for
deserving faculty and personnel in any of the institutions here and
abroad; and further provide scholarship to honor students and also to
poor but deserving students;
(f) To prescribe rules and regulations for its own
government and for this purpose to enact such regulations not contrary
to law, as may be necessary;
(g) 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 Institute or of a department thereof, or for aid
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;
(h) To provide vocational training to adult citizens
and out-of-school youth with the cooperation of other government and
private agencies.
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 processes against the Board of
Trustees shall be served on the President or Secretary thereof.
Sec. 10. On or before the fifteenth day of the
second month after the opening of regular classes 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 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 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 any person in 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 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
disbursements shall be made in accordance with existing auditing rules
and regulations.
Sec. 15. 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
the 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 duties as are
required under such detail, and the time so employed shall be counted
as part of their regular official service.
Sec. 16. All parcels of land, buildings, equipment
and facilities owned by the Marinduque School of Arts and Trades as
well as obligations and appropriations thereof, shall be transferred to
the Marinduque Institute of Science and Technology.
Sec. 17. The existing appropriations for the
Marinduque School of Arts and Trades are hereby transferred to the
Marinduque Institute of Science and Technology, to be disbursed in
accordance with the provisions of this Act. Thereafter, the maintenance
of the state college shall be provided for in subsequent General
Appropriations Acts, until which time the operation of the institution
as an institute shall be deferred: Provided, That its new name shall
take effect upon approval of this Act.
Sec. 18. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: April 8, 1983. (P.B.
No. 535)
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