I,
FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the
powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all
the Armed Forces of the Philippines and pursuant to Proclamation No.
1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September
22, 1972, do hereby decree, order and make as part of the law of the
land the following measure:cralaw:red
Section 1. Declaration of Policy. — Pursuant to
Presidential Decree No. 6-A, it is hereby declared a policy of the
State to maintain the highest quality of education for purposes of
national development. To achieve this policy, all high school graduates
shall be required to pass a national entrance examination as a
prerequisite for admission to any post-secondary academic or
professional degree program necessitating a minimum of four years'
study in any private or public institution of higher learning, whether
chartered or unchartered.
Section 2. Powers and Duties of the Secretary. — To
carry out the aforementioned policy, the Secretary of Education and
Culture has authority:cralaw:red
1. To promote and conduct or cause to be conducted
national entrance examination in accordance with this Decree; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
2. To determine the method, form, content, date and
place or places of examination;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
3. To enter, when desirable or necessary, into
agreements or contracts, and to make payments incidental to such
agreements or contracts, with qualified persons, institutions,
organizations, public agencies, entities and establishments to carry
out the purposes of this Decree;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
4. To determine exemptions from the provisions of
this Decree;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
5. To charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost
of examinations. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. Rules and Regulations. — The Secretary of
Education and Culture shall within sixty days from the issuance of this
Decree, promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to
implement the provisions of this Decree: Provided, That the full
implementation of the program be held for entering freshmen of the
school year 1974-1975. These rules and regulations shall take effect
fifteen days after their publication in the Official Gazette or in one
newspaper of national circulation.
Section 4. Appropriation. — To carry out the
provisions of this Decree, the sum of one million pesos is hereby
annually appropriated as part of the appropriation of the Department of
Education and Culture out of any funds in the National Treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
Section 5. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 9th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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