Section 1. There is hereby created a National Commission on
Educational, Scientific and Cultural matters, hereinafter referred to
as the "Commission," to be composed of not more than fifteen members as
the President of the Philippines may from time to time appoint with the
consent of the Commission on Appointments of the Congress of the
Philippines. Government officials designated to serve in the Commission
shall serve without additional compensation, but private citizens
appointed to sit in the Commission shall receive actual subsistence and
traveling expenses from their residence to the meetings of the
Commission and return, as well as such per diems for each day of
session of the Commission or any of its committees or subcommittees
actually attended by them in such amount as may be determined by the
President. The Commission shall, for administrative purposes, be under
the Office of the President of the Philippines.
Sec. 2. The Commission shall have the following
powers and duties:
1. To meet as frequently as possible, but at least
once quarterly, on such date or dates which it may designate.cralaw
2. To act in an advisory capacity to the Government
of the Philippines as well as to its delegations to the General
Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) in matters relating to the Organization; function
as an agency of liaison between the Government of the Philippines and
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization;
and to associate the principal bodies in the Philippines interested in
educational, scientific and cultural matters with the work of the
Organization, in accordance with Article VII of the Constitution of the
aforesaid Organization accepted by Joint Resolution Numbered Three of
the Congress of the Philippines of October seventeen, nineteen hundred
and forty-six.cralaw
3. To call annual or biennial general conferences on
educational, scientific and cultural matters in which all national
voluntary organizations actively interested in such matters shall be
invited to send representatives: Provided, however, That no
representative to the conference shall represent more than one
organization. Such conferences shall be attended so far as possible by
the members of the National Commission and by the delegates of the
Philippines to the General Conference of the UNESCO.cralaw
4. To study and report on such educational,
scientific and cultural matters as may from time to time be submitted
to its consideration by the President of the Philippines.cralaw
Sec. 3. The Commission shall, with the approval of
the President, designate from among its members an Executive Committee,
and shall divide itself into three permanent Committees, namely: the
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Committees. Each committee, in
turn, may subdivide itself into as many subcommittees as it may deem
necessary for the division of its work. In the selection of the members
of each committee or subcommittee, due account shall be taken of the
professional skill and experience of the individual members of the
Commission.
Sec. 4. The Educational Committee shall undertake
all work of the Commission dealing with education, and specifically:
1. To study and make recommendations concerning
reforms in the present system of public and private education in the
Philippines in conformity with the educational objectives laid down in
the Constitution and as may be justified by the changed or changing
political and economic conditions.cralaw
2. To advise the President on basic educational
policies with a view not only to formulating an integrated educational
pattern for the whole country but also to coordinate our educational
scheme with such educational standards as may be set up by the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.cralaw
3. To conduct studies, investigations and surveys in
all phases of vocational education, the results of which shall serve to
guide the Government in formulating policies with respect to the
development of the different trades and industries of the country. Such
studies, investigations and surveys shall include agriculture and
agricultural processes and requirements upon agricultural workers;
trades, industries and apprenticeships, trade and industrial
requirements upon industrial workers, and classification of industrial
processes and pursuits; commerce and commercial pursuits and
requirements upon commercial workers; home management, domestic science
and the study of related facts and principles and problems of
administration of vocational schools, and of courses of study and
instruction in vocational subjects.
Sec. 5. The Scientific Committee shall undertake
all work of the Commission relating to science, and specifically:
1. To study and recommend a well-planned economy for
the country designed to coordinate all available power resources and to
meet all possible national requirements.cralaw
2. To consolidate and report on the advances of
modern science and technology so as to make them available to the
Government and people of the Philippines.cralaw
3. To encourage scientific inventions and discoveries
and to conduct experiments and investigations with a view to
contributing to the general progress in all fields of science.cralaw
4. To conduct studies and researches in the fields of
natural science, social science, philosophy and humanistic studies with
a view to the ultimate advancement of mankind, in general, and of the
Filipino race in particular.cralaw
Sec. 6. The Cultural Committee shall undertake all
work of the Commission relating to cultural matters, and specifically:
1. To study and recommend the national policy to be
observed for the unfettered dissemination of information through the
media of mass communication, such as the press, movies, radio and
television.cralaw
2. To initiate and carry out studies and researches
into the ancient culture of the Filipinos and stimulate the revival of
such distinctive customs as are compatible with the demands of the
modern age and the prevailing world morality.cralaw
3. To encourage and promote the creative arts, such
as creative literature, literary criticism, music, theatre, dance,
painting, sculpture, the graphic arts, photography, motion picture,
architecture, decorative arts, industrial design, handicrafts, display
lay-out and typography.cralaw
4. To foster cultural missions to and from the
Philippines, and the dissemination of correct information about the
Philippines and the Filipino people.cralaw
Sec. 7. The amount of one hundred thousand pesos
or so much thereof as might be necessary is hereby appropriated to
carry out the purposes of this Act.cralaw
Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw
Approved: June 20, 1947
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