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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5101 - AN ACT
CONVERTING THE PALOMPON SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES IN THE MUNICIPALITY
OF PALOMPON, 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 Palompon School of Arts and Trades in the Municipality of Palompon, Province of Leyte, is hereby converted into an institute of technology, to be known as the Palompon Institute of Technology, which shall offer not only its present four-year secondary trade, four-year technical course and four-year course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education, but also the five-year course leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Industrial Education and engineering courses, particularly 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 above-mentioned 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 potential and talents of the youth in this part of the archipelago; and for special purposes, to promote research, advance studies and progressive leadership in the fields of trade, technical, industrial and technological education. Sec. 3. The head of this institution shall be known as the President of Palompon 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 Palompon 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 Palompon Institute
of Technology and the President of the Chamber of Industries of the
Philippines. 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 these 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 the members. All processes against the Board of Trustees shall be served on the Chairman of 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 an Institute 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 curriculum 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 the limits prescribed by the rules of discipline approved by the Board of Trustees. Sec. 9. The body of instructors, associate
professors, professors, department heads, college deans, registrar and
dean of instruction shall constitute the faculty of the Institute, with
the President of the Institute as the presiding officer. In the
appointment of the professors, guest professors, guest lecturers,
registrars, college deans, 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 made a matter of examination or inquiry: Provided, That no
instructor or professor in the Institute 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 Institute for or against any
particular church or religious sect. Enacted without Executive
approval, June 17, 1967. |
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