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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 58
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 58 -
CONSTITUTING THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AT LOS BAÑOS,
GRANTING IT FULL AND COMPLETE AUTONOMY, AND AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
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WHEREAS, the Government is strongly
committed to the proposition that agricultural and rural development
should be achieved as a foundation for industrialization and social and
economic progress;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the entire country has proclaimed a land reform area in order
to emancipate tenant farmers from the bondage of landlordism as a
prerequisite to the development of a strong and viable economy;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to effectively implement the land reform
proclamation, there is an urgent need for a highly competent center of
training to turn out the needed manpower, and to undertake relevant
research and extension services in agriculture, agrarian reform,
agricultural engineering, agribusiness, agricultural credit and
cooperatives, forestry and related sciences and technologies;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Agrarian Reform Institute now located at the U.P. Diliman
can achieve greater strength and effectiveness in technical manpower
training and research if it is strongly linked with other agricultural
units now existing in Los Baños; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish an agricultural center that will
effectively mobilize and totally, realistically and directly apply to
its academic and technical expertise and physical resources to achieve
the purposes of the New Society.
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 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, as amended, do hereby order and
decree that: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
1. The board of Regents of the University of the
Philippines is hereby authorized to establish a University of the
Philippines System, including an autonomous University of the
Philippines at Los Baños composed of the following units: the
College of Agriculture, the College of Forestry, the Agricultural
Credit and Cooperatives Institute, the Dairy Training and Research
Institute and the Graduate School, and the Agrarian Reform Institute
now located in U.P. Diliman, and such other units as may subsequently
be created;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
2. The Board of Regents shall take appropriate steps
to ensure that the establishment of the autonomous University of the
Philippines at Los Baños shall at the speedy realization of the
goals above indicated;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
3. To facilitate this objective, the composition of
the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines System shall
be as follows:cralaw:red
(a) The Secretary of Education as Chairman of the
Board.
(b) The President of the University of the
Philippines System as Vice-Chairman of the Board.
(c) The Undersecretary of Agriculture.
(d) The Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Education.
(e) The Chairman of the House of Committee on
Education.
(f) The Chancellors of the member universities of the
System.
(g) The President of the U.P. Alumni Association.
(h) One Regent representing the Student Body.
(i) Six other Regents appointed by the President of
the Philippines, at least four of whom are alumni of the University.
4. Act No. 1870, as amended, otherwise known as the
Charter of the University of the Philippines, is hereby amended
accordingly.
5. All Acts, parts of Acts, executive orders,
ordinances, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with the
provisions of this decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified
accordingly.
6. This decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 20th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-two.
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