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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4309 - AN ACT
CONVERTING THE NAVAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NAVAL, PROVINCE
OF LEYTE, INTO AN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, GIVING IT CORPORATE
EXISTENCE, PROVIDING FOR A BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DEFINING THE BOARD'S
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES, PROVIDING HIGHER VOCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL,
EDUCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING IN TRADE AND
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION, OFFERING OF TECHNOLOGICAL, ENGINEERING, EDUCATION
AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL COURSES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Section 1. The present Naval High School in the Municipality of Naval, Province of Leyte, is hereby converted into an institute of technology to be known as Naval Institute of Technology, which shall offer not only its present four-year secondary trade, four-year technical courses and four-year courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Arts and Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education but also the five-year course leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Industrial Education, the engineering courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, and as soon as facilities warrant Pharmaceutical, Dental, Commerce, Medical, and Agricultural courses will be offered. Evening classes in the abovementioned courses must be offered. Sec. 2. The purpose of said institute of technology shall be to provide higher vocational, professional, and technical instruction and training in trade and industrial education and other vocational courses, professional courses, such as Medicine, Commerce, Pharmacy, Education, Agriculture, and Dentistry and to offer engineering courses to uplift the technological, and potential talents of the youth in his part of the archipelago; and for special purposes to promote research, advance studies and progressive leadership in the field of trade, technical industrial and technological education. Sec. 3. The head of this institution shall be known as the President of the Naval Institute of Technology. He shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation of the Board of Trustees, subject to the confirmation of the Commission on Appointments. The powers and duties of the President of the Institute, in addition to those specifically provided for in this Act, shall be those pertaining to the office of the President of a college. Sec. 4. The government of the Naval Institute of
Technology is hereby vested in a Board of Trustees, to 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 Naval Institute of
Technology and the President of the Chamber of Industries of the
Philippines, as members. In the absence or inability of the Secretary
of Education, the Undersecretary of Education shall act as the
ex-officio Chairman of the Board. In the absence or inability of both
the Secretary and Undersecretary of Education or when those positions
are vacant, the other members of the Board may elect from among
themselves a temporary chairman who shall act as chairman. 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 members. All processes against the Board of Trustees shall be served on the Chairman or Secretary thereof. Sec. 7. On or before the fifteenth day of June of each year, the Board of Trustees shall file with the President of the Philippines a detailed report, setting forth the progress, condition and needs of the Institute. Sec. 8. There shall be a College Council, consisting of the President of the Institute, dean of instruction, registrar, college dean, department heads, professors, associate professors and of all instructors 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 receiving of a title or degree. The Council alone shall have the power to recommend students or others to be recipients of titles or degrees. Through its president or committee, it shall have disciplinary power over the students within limits prescribed by the rules of discipline approved by the Board of Trustees. Sec. 9. The body of instructors, professors,
associate professors, department heads, college deans, registrar, dean
of instruction shall constitute the faculty, with the President of the
Institute as the presiding officer. In the appointment of professors,
guest professors, guest lecturers, registrar, college dean, department
heads, instructors and office personnel of the Institute, no religious
test shall be applied, nor shall the religious opinions or affiliation
of the faculty of the Institute be a matter of examination or inquiry:
provided, that no instructor/or professor in the Institute shall
inculcate sectarian tenets in any of the teaching, nor attempts either
directly or indirectly under penalty of dismissal by the Board of
Trustees, to influence students or attendants at the Institute for or
against any particular church or religious sect. Approved: June 19, 1965 |
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