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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 416 - AN ACT FOR
THE PURPOSE OF CONVERTING THE PRESENT PHILIPPINE NORMAL SCHOOL INTO THE
PHILIPPINE NORMAL COLLEGE, CONFERRING THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION,
PROVIDING FOR A BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DEFINING THE BOARD'S
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES, PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |
Section 1. The
present Philippine Normal School, located in the City of Manila,
Philippines, is hereby converted into the Philippine Normal College,
which will offer not only its present two-year general and three-year
combined curricula but also a four-year and a five-year courses leading
to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and
Master of Arts in Education, respectively.
Sec. 2. The purpose of the said college shall be to provide professional, technical, and special instruction, for special purposes and progressive leadership in the field of elementary education. Sec. 3. The head of this institution shall be known as the President of the Philippine Normal College. He shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the Board of Trustees. The powers and duties of the President of the College, in addition to those specifically provided for in this Act, shall be those usually pertaining to the office of the president of a college. Sec. 4. The government of said college is hereby
vested in a Board of Trustees of the Philippine Normal College. The
Board of Trustees shall be composed of the Secretary of Education, who
shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Board, the Chairman of the
Committee on Education of the Senate, the Chairman of the Committee on
Education of the House of Representatives, the Director of Public
Schools, the President of the College, and the President of the
Philippine Normal School Alumni Association. Sec. 5. The Board of Trustees shall have the
following powers and duties, in addition to its general powers of
administration: Sec. 6. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall consist of a majority of all the members. All process against the Board of Trustees shall be served on the president or secretary thereof. Sec. 7. On or before the fifteenth of June of each year, the Board of Trustees shall file with the President of the Philippines a detailed report, selling forth the progress, conditions, and needs of the College. Sec. 8. There shall be a College Council consisting of the President of the College and of all instructors and professors of the College. 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 College, as well as for graduation and the receiving of a degree. The Council alone shall have the power to recommend students or others to be recipients of degrees. Through its president or committee, it shall have disciplinary power over the students within the limits prescribed by the rules of discipline approved by the Board of Trustees. Sec. 9. The body of instructors and professors of the College shall constitute the faculty of the college, with the President of the College as the presiding officer. In the appointment of professors or instructors of the College, no religious test shall be applied, nor shall the religious opinions or affiliations of the faculty of the College be made a matter of examination or inquiry: Provided, however, That no instructor or professor in the College shall inculcate sectarian tenets in any of the teachings, nor attempt either directly or indirectly, under penalty of dismissal by the Board of Trustees, to influence students or attendants at the College for or against any particular church or religious sect. Section 10. Professors and other regular instructors in the College shall be exempt as such from any civil service examinations or regulations as a requisite to appointment. Section 11. There shall be a secretary of the College, appointed by the Board of Trustees. He shall be the secretary of such Board and also of the College, and shall keep such records of the college as may be designated by the Board. Section 12. Heads of bureaus or offices of the National Government are hereby authorized to loan or transfer, upon request of the President of the College, such apparatus or supplies as may be needed by the College, and to detail employees for duty therein, when in the judgment of the head of the bureau or office such supplies or employees can be spared without serious detriment to the public service. Section 13. The President of the College, with the cooperation of the Superintendent of City Schools of Manila, may use one or more of the elementary schools in the City of Manila, as training or laboratory schools of the College. Section 14. In order not to interrupt the smooth functioning of the two-year general curriculum and the three-year combined curriculum of the Philippine Normal School, the faculty of the school, consisting of the instructors and critic teachers, as well as the other personnel, shall be absorbed by the new College. Salaries of this personnel shall be adjusted at the discretion of the Board of Trustees within the amount available for appropriation. Section 15. For carrying out the purposes and
provinces of this Act, the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand pesos is
hereby appropriated from any funds in the National Treasury not
otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 1949-1950. Section 16. This Act shall take effect on July 1,
1949. Approved: June 18, 1949 |
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