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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1431
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1431 -
CONVERTING THE MINDANAO SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES IN CAGAYAN DE ORO
CITY INTO DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE OF
NORTHERN MINDANAO, GIVING IT CORPORATE EXISTENCE, PROVIDING FOR A BOARD
OF TRUSTEES AND DEFINING ITS POWERS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES,
PROVIDING FOR HIGHER VOCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND TECHNOLOGICAL
EDUCATION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
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WHEREAS,
the New 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 provides
that all educational institutions shallm to develop scientific,
technological and vocational efficiency; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 6-A, promulgated on September
29, 1972, it has been declared as one of the national development goals
to assure the maximum participation of an accelerating rate of economic
development and social progress;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the New Social Order to develop the
countryside and to disperse industries and higher institutions of
learning to the regions;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the development of skilled manpower is vital to the
realization of any effort for industrialization in Northern Mindanao;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, at present there is no existing polytechnic college,
government or otherwise in Region X.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. The present Mindanao School of Arts and
Trades located in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, is hereby converted
into Don Mariano Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State College to take care
of human resource development for industry, agriculture and forestry,
and fishery and maritime studies through a network of satellite
institutions throughout the region.
Section 2. The purpose of the college shall be to
provide higher vocational, professional, and technological instruction
and training in trade, agriculture, fishery and maritime studies and to
promote research, needed to support the industrialization program in
Northern Mindanao. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. The Head of the College shall be known as
the President of Don Mariano Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State College.
He shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon
recommendation of the Board of Trustees. The powers and duties of the
President of the College, in addition to those provided in this Act,
shall be those that usually pertain to the Office of the President of
the College.
Section 4. The policy-making power in Don Mariano
Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State College is hereby vested in a Board
of Trustees, to be composed of the Secretary of Education and Culture
as Chairman; the Regional Executive Director of the National Economic
and Development Authority; the President of the College, and three (3)
other prominent citizens of Region X to be nominated by the President
of the College and appointed by the President of the Philippines as
members. Of the three appointed members one (1) shall represent
Business and Industry and one(1) on Industrial Education and Management
and the President of the Alumni Association of the College. Of the
first group of appointed, the President shall designate one to serve
for one year; one to serve for two years; and one to serve for three
years. Thereafter, persons appointed to succeed such members shall hold
office for a term of four years until their successors who should be an
expert in the same fields shall have been appointed and qualified. In
the absence or inability of the Secretary of Education and Culture, the
Undersecretary shall act as a Chairman of the Board. In the absence of
both the Secretary and Undersecretary, the other members may elect from
among themselves a temporary chairman.
The members of the board shall be entitled to an allowance of two
hundred pesos per meeting actually attended, but not more than five
hundred pesos a month; Provided that they shall be reimbursed for
actual and necessary expenses, not exceeding one hundred pesos per day
in any case, incurred either in attendance upon meetings of the board
or upon other official business authorized by resolution of the Board.
Section 5. The Board of Trustees shall exercise for
the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State College all the
powers of a corporation as provided in Section Thirteen of Act Numbered
Fourteen Hundred Fifty Nine, as amended. It also have the following
powers and duties in addition to its general policy-making function:cralaw:red
a. To receive and allocate such sums as may be
provided by law for the college;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b. To confer titles, bachelor's and master's degrees
to successful candidates for graduation;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c. To authorize the President of the College to award
proficiency certificates to students who have finished non-degree post
secondary courses;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
d. To appoint, upon recommendation of the President
of the College, a vice-president, a dean of instruction, a registrar,
heads of departments, professors, instructors, lecturers, and other
employees of the College, except emergency laborers, student assistants
or student helpers who can be appointed by the President of the College
subject to the confirmation by the Board; to fix their duties, hours of
service, and such other conditions as it may promulgate; and to remove
faculty members or employees for cause after fair hearing;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
e. To approve the curricula and rules of discipline
drawn by the College Council as hereinafter provided;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
f. To fix the tuition fees of students as well as
matriculation fees, graduation fees and for laboratory courses, and all
special fees; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
g. To provide fellowships and other types of travel
and scholarship grants and exchange for members of the faculty and
scholarship to students in exceptionally meritorious cases;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
h. To prescribe rules for its own government, and
enact for the government of the college such rules and regulations, not
contrary to law, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and
functions of the College; and
i. To receive in trust legacies, gifts and donations
of real and personal property of all kinds and to administer same for
the benefit of the college and in accordance with the instructions and
conditions, if any, of the donor.
Section 6. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall
consist of a majority of all members. All processes against the Board
shall be served on the Chairman or Secretary thereof.
Section 7. On or before the fifteenth day of the
second month following the opening of the regular classes 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 College.
Section 8. There shall be a College Council
consisting of the President of the College as Presiding Officer, the
Dean of Instruction as Vice Presiding Officer, the Heads of
Departments, and all the professors and instructors of the college. The
council shall have the responsibility of drafting and formulating the
college curricula and rules of discipline, subject to the approval of
the Board of Trustees. It shall fix the requirements for admission to
the College, for graduation, and for the conferments of titles and
degrees, subject to the same approval. It shall recommend successful
candidates for graduation to be recipients of the proper titles and
degrees, and propose students for special citation or awards in
meritorious cases. Through an impartial committee as it may appoint and
authorize within itself, it shall exercise disciplinary power over the
students within the limits prescribed by the rules of discipline
approved by the Board of Trustees.
Section 9. The body of professors and infrastructure
of the college shall constitute the faculty of the college. In the
appointment of professors and instructors, no religious or political
test shall be applied, nor shall the religious and political opinions
or affiliations of any faculty member be made a matter of examination
or inquiry: Provided, that no instructor or professor of the college
shall, under penalty of dismissal by the Board of Trustees, propagate
sectarian or partisan political tenets in his teachings, or attendants
at the college in favor of or against any particular church, religious
sect, or political party. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 10. Except for the President of the College,
all other career employees shall be covered under Civil Service Law on
eligibility for a permanent appointment pursuant to the Presidential
Decree No. 807 and its implementing regulations.
Section 11. There shall be a Secretary of the College
who shall also be the Secretary of the Board of Trustees. He shall keep
such records of the college as the Board or the President of the
College may direct.
Section 12. Heads of bureaus and offices of the
National Government are hereby authorized to loan or transfer upon
request of the President of the College, such apparatus, equipment or
instructional supplies as may be needed by the College.
Section 13. All assets of the Mindanao School of Arts
and Trades, whether fixed or movable, records and personnel are hereby
transferred to the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State
College.
Section 14. In addition to the present appropriation
of the Mindanao School of Arts and Trades, the sum of One Million Pesos
is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not
otherwise appropriated for other improvement, operation and maintenance
of the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State College.
Thereafter, funds for the maintenance and operation of the state
college shall be included in the annual General Appropriations
Act. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 15. The Secretary of Education and Culture is
hereby directed to take the necessary steps as are necessary for the
immediate implementation of this Decree.
Section 16. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 10th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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