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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1523
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1523
- CONVERTING THE ILOILO REGIONAL SCHOOL OF FISHERIES IN BAROTAC NUEVO,
ILOILO INTO A STATE COLLEGE TO BE KNOWN AS THE ILOILO STATE COLLEGE OF
FISHERIES, PROVIDING A CHAPTER FOR THE PURPOSE, EXPANDING ITS
CURRICULAR OFFERINGS, REDIRECTING ITS OBJECTIVES AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR
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WHEREAS,
the 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 prescribes
that all educational institutions shallm to develop scientific,
technological and vocational efficiency;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 6-A also known as the
Educational Development Decree of 1972 promulgated on September 29,
1972, it has been declared a policy of the government to reorient the
educational system toward an accelerated national economic growth and
meaningful social development;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is an established fact that Western Visayas, is considered
and identified as the fishery region of the Philippines, and therefore,
needs to be tapped, developed and exploited to give maximum benefits to
the service area; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the integrated fisheries development of the country is one of
the priority programs of the government to effect the socio-economic
life of the nation; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to meet the fisheries manpower requirements of
Western Visayas as the target clientele towards the attainment of
clearly defined objectives pursuant to the integrated fisheries
development policy of the State, the government shall positively direct
the training and education in development fisheries as a priority
program;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the new thrust and direction in Philippine education, inspired
and oriented in accordance with the development goals of the
government, imposes a tremendous responsibility and challenge on public
vocational schools;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to provide equal educational opportunity for people
in the countryside and the educational institution of higher learning
is accessible to the student populace, it is necessary and imperative
for the government to establish educational institution offering
priority courses relevant to the employment needs and requirements of
the region;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the conversion of the Iloilo Regional School of Fisheries into
a State College to be known as the Iloilo State College of Fisheries,
providing for its own charter, broadening for this purpose its
curricular offerings and redirecting its objectives would serve to
better achieve the above national goals and hasten the training and
education in development fisheries.
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 to be part of the laws of the land the
following: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. The present Iloilo Regional School of
Fisheries located in the Municipality of Barotac Nuevo, Province of
Iloilo is hereby converted into a State College to be known as the
Iloilo State College Fisheries. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. The State College shall primarily provide
higher technological, professional and vocational instruction and
training in fisheries, science, as well as short-term technical or
vocational courses in fisheries. It shall also promote research,
advance studies, extension works and progressive leadership in its
areas of specialization.
Section 3. In addition to its present secondary and
collegiate curriculum offerings in fisheries, the State College shall
offer other undergraduate and graduate courses in the fields of
fisheries, marine engineering and marine biology, science and such
other courses and field of specialization as the Board of Trustees may
deem necessary. It shall also offer opportunity or short-term technical
or vocational courses within areas of specialization to meet the
manpower needs of the region.
Section 4. No students shall be denied admission to
the State by reason of sex, ethnic consideration or religious beliefs
or affiliation.
Section 5. The head of the State College of Fisheries
shall be known as the President of the Iloilo State College of
Fisheries. He shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines
upon the recommendation of the Board of Trustees. His salary shall be
fixed by the Board of Trustees, subject to pertinent budget and
compensation laws, rules and regulations.
The power and duties of the President of the State College in addition
to those specifically provided for in this decree, shall be those
usually pertaining to the Office of the President of the State College
or University. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 6. The President of the College must be a
fishery graduate with a doctorate degree in either Education or
Philosophy. The President of the State College must be the incumbent
superintendent of the Iloilo Regional School of Fisheries until after
such time when the members of the Board of Trustees meeting en banc
will recommend to the President of the Philippines an individual to
head the State College who shall be a man with a doctorate degree and a
fishery graduate.
Section 7. The Board of Trustees of the Iloilo State
College of Fisheries shall be the governing body to be composed of the
Secretary of the Department of Education and Culture, as Chairman, The
Regional Director of the Department of Education and Culture, Region
VI, as Vice-Chairman, and the following as members: Director, Higher
Education, Director, Secondary Education, Regional Director, National
Economic Development Authority (NEDA), Region VI, Regional Director,
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Region VI, Chairman,
Regional Development Council, Region VI, and the President of the
Iloilo State College of Fisheries.
Section 8. A quorum of the Board of Trustees consist
of a majority of all members holding office at the time a meeting is
called. All processes against the Board of Trustees shall be served on
the President thereof.
Section 9. The members of the Board of Trustees shall
be entitled to a per diem for every meeting attended subject to
pertinent budget laws, rules and regulations on compensation, honoraria
and allowances. Provided, that they shall be reimbursed for actual and
necessary expenses incurred either in the attendance upon meetings of
the Board or upon other official business authorized by the resolution
of the Board subject to the aforementioned laws, rules and regulations
on compensation.
Section 10. The Board of Trustees shall have the
following powers and duties in addition to its general powers of
administration, and the exercise of all powers of a corporation as
provided in section thirteen of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred Fifty
Nine as amended otherwise known as the Corporation Law; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
a) To receive and appropriate for the purpose
specified by law such sums as may be provided for the support of the
State College; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b) To confer degree upon successful candidates for
graduation of the State College. It may also confer honorary degree
upon persons in recognition of learning, statemanship or eminence in
any of the fields of specialization of the State College, or in
recognition of public service. Provided, that such degrees shall not be
conferred in consideration of or reciprocation of some personal favor;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c) To authorize the President of the State College to
award proficiency certificates or diplomas to students who have
completed non-degree courses;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 11. On or before the fifteenth day of the
second month after the opening of regular classes each year, the Board
of Trustees shall file with the Office of the President of the
Philippines a detailed report, setting forth the progress, conditions,
and needs of the State College.
Section 12. There shall be a College Academic Council
consisting of the President of the State College, Directors and all
members of the faculty with the rank of professors. The Council shall
have the power to prescribe the curricula and rules of discipline,
subject to the approval of the Boards of Trustees. It shall fix the
requirements for admission to the State College, 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. The President of the
State College or its duly authorized Committee, the Council shall have
disciplinary power over the students within the limits prescribed by
rules of discipline.
Section 13. The body of instructors and professors of
the State College shall constitute the faculty of the State
College. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The faculty shall be exempted as such from any civil service
examinations or regulations as a requisite to appointment.
Section 14. No member of the faculty of the State
College shall attempt directly or indirectly, under penalty of
dismissal by the Board of Trustees, to influence students or any person
in the State College towards any ideology, political or otherwise,
which preaches the overthrow of the duly constituted government through
violence or subversion.
Section 15. The Treasurer of the Republic of the
Philippines shall be ex-officio treasurer of the State College and all
accounts and expenses thereof shall be audited by the Commission on
Audit or its duly authorized representatives.
Section 16. Heads of Bureaus and Offices of the
National Government are hereby authorized to loan or transfer, upon
request of the President of the State College, such apparatus,
equipment or supplies or the service of such employees can be spared
without serious detriment to the public service. Employees so detailed
and the time so employed shall be counted as part of their regular
official service.
Section 17. All assets of the Iloilo Regional School
of Fisheries, whether fixed or movable, records and personnel, are
hereby transferred to the Iloilo State College of Fisheries.
Section 18. In addition to the present appropriation
of the Iloilo Regional School of Fisheries, the sum of One Million Five
Hundred Thousand Pesos is hereby appropriated out of the funds of the
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated to carry out the purposes
of this Decree. Thereafter, funds for the maintenance and operation of
the Iloilo State College of Fisheries shall be included in the annual
General Appropriations Law. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 19. The Secretary of Education and Culture is
hereby directed to take such step as are necessary for the immediate
implementation of this Decree.
Section 20. All laws, decrees, executive orders
contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are
hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
Section 21. This Decree shall take effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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