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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 196
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 196
- CONVERTING THE NUEVA VIZCAYA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE INTO THE NUEVA
VIZCAYA STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, EXPANDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ITS
CURRICULAR PROGRAMS IN TECHNOLOGY
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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 shall to develop scientific,
technological and vocational efficiency: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 6-A, promulgated on September
29, 1972, it has been declared a policy to reorient the educational
system toward an accelerated national economic growth;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the conversion of the Nueva Vizcaya Agricultural College into
a State Institute of Technology, broadening for this purpose its
curricular programs, would serve to achieve the above national goals;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of 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, as amended, do hereby order and decree
to be part of the laws of the land the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. The present Nueva Vizcaya Agricultural
College, located in the Municipality of Bayombong, Province of Nueva
Vizcaya, is hereby converted into the Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of
Technology, hereinafter referred to in this Decree as the Institute.
Section 2. The Institute shall primarily provide
higher vocational, professional, and technical instruction and training
in agricultural and industrial fields. It shall also promote research,
advance studies, and progressive leadership in the fields of
agriculture including agricultural education and home technology,
fishery, forestry and industrial education. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. In addition to its present secondary
agricultural course and undergraduate course leading to the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, the Institute shall offer
undergraduate courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in
Agricultural Education, 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. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 4. No student shall be denied admission to
the Institute by reason of sex, ethnic considerations, or religious
belief or affiliation.
Section 5. The head of the Institute shall be known
as the President of the Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of 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 Decree, shall be those usually
pertaining to the office of the president of a college.
Section 6. The governing body of the Institute shall
be the Board of Trustees of the Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of
Technology. It shall be composed of the Secretary of Education and
Culture who shall be the Chairman, the Director of Public Schools, the
Director of Vocational Education, the President of the Institute, the
President of the Alumni Association of the Institute, and four
prominent residents of Nueva Vizcaya who are holders of degrees
relevant to the courses offered in the Institute. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Such residents shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines.
Of the first group appointed, the President 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 a permanent vacancy, the position shall be filed by appointment by
the President of the Philippines. Such appointee shall hold office for
the unexpired term only.
When the Secretary of Education and Culture is unable to perform his
duties as Chairman of the Board due to illness, absence of other cause,
or in case of a vacancy in the office, the Undersecretary of Education
and Culture shall temporarily perform the functions of the Chairman of
said Board. When both the Secretary and the Undersecretary 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.
Section 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 resolution thereof.
Section 8. In addition to its general powers of
administration, the Board of Trustees shall have the following powers
and duties:cralaw:red
(a) To receive and appropriate for the purposes
specified by law such sums as may be provided for the support of
the Institute; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(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, statemanship or
eminence in science, agriculture, forestry, industry or public service
related to such fields;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(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, lecturers
and other employees of the Institute; to fix, in accordance with WAPCO
rates, their compensation; to prescribe hours of service, duties and
the conditions of works as it may deem proper; to grant to them in its
discretion, leave 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 government disciplinary action;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(d) To approve the curricula and rules of discipline
drawn up by the Institute Council as hereinafter provided; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(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 to constitute a special trust fund of the
Institute, and remit the same to the office or authority concerned;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(f) To provide fellowships and scholarships for
deserving faculty members and students;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(g) To prescribe rules for its own government and for
this purpose, to enact such regulations not contrary to law, as may be
necessary;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(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 of the Institute or of a department thereof, or ford to
any student in accordance with the directions and instructions of the
donor, and in default thereof, in such manners as the Board of Trustees
may in its discretion determine; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(i) To maintain and support as its branches the Santa
Cruz Community School in the Municipality of Kayapa, the Sta. Fe
Community High School in the Municipality of Sta. Fe, the Casat
Community High School in the Municipality of Bayombong, the Tuao
Community School in the Municipality of Bagabag, the Belance Settlement
School in the Municipality of Dupax, all in the Province of Nueva
Vizcaya; to establish such other branches within the Province of Nueva
Vizcaya as may be necessary and within the limits of its
appropriations, and to designate other schools of secondary levels as
feeder school;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(j) To provide vocational training to adult citizens
and out-of-school youths; and
(k) To name after prominent Filipinos or heroes any
hall, building, annex, ground, or branch of the Institute.
Section 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.
Section 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.
Section 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.
Section 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 attendants at the Institute towards any ideology,
political or otherwise, which preaches the overthrow of the government
through violence or subversion.
Section 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.
Section 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.
Section 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. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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 Institute, such apparatus, equipment or
supplies as may be needed by the Institute and to detail employees for
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 duty as is required under such
detail, and the time so employed shall be counted as part of their
regular official service.
Section 17. The requirements provided in this Decree
as may prove adverse to the present faculty and employees of the Nueva
Vizcaya Agricultural College who may be absorbed by the Nueva Vizcaya
State Institute of Technology shall not apply to them. But future
appointees to the said Institute shall be subject to all the
requirements provided in this Decree. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 18. All parcels of land, buildings, equipment
and facilities owned by the Nueva Vizcaya Agricultural College, as well
as all obligations and appropriations thereof, shall be transferred to
the Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of Technology.
Section 19. In addition to the amount already
appropriated for the Nueva Vizcaya Agricultural College, there is
hereby appropriated the sum of five hundred thousand pesos for purposes
of carrying out immediately the provisions of this Decree. Hereafter
such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
Decree shall be included annually in the General Appropriation
Act. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 20. This Decree shall take effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 22nd day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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