REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6595 - AN
ACT FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE
THOUSAND EIGHTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT CONVERTING EULOGIO RODRIGUEZ
VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL INTO THE EULOGIO RODRIGUEZ MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF
ARTS AND TRADES" AND AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED
FOUR THOUSAND SEVENTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE EULOGIO
RODRIGUEZ VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF MANILA
Section 1.
Eulogio Rodriguez Vocational High School in the City of Manila is
hereby converted into an institute of science and technology to be
known as the Eulogio "AMANG" Rodriguez Institute of Science and
Technology.
Sec. 2. Section one of Republic Act Numbered Four
thousand seventy-two is further amended to read as follows:
"Section 1. The institute is hereby authorized to
establish a trade technical education department, vocational-technical
teacher education department, graduate education department and offer
such other opportunity and technician courses essential to meet the
needs of Manila and other metropolitan area."
Sec. 3. Section two of the same Act is further
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2. The Eulogio "AMANG" Rodriguez Institute of
Science and Technology shall be headed by a president of the institute
of science and technology whose salary shall not be less than
twenty-five thousand per annum. The present head of the school shall
become its first president. Thereafter, the president shall be
appointed by the Secretary of Education upon the recommendation of the
Director of Vocational Education. The heads of the various departments
together with the other personnel of this institute, shall be appointed
by the Director of Vocational Education upon the recommendation of its
president subject to existing rules and regulations.
Sec. 4. Section three of the same Act is further
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 3. The administrative officer, supervisors and
heads of departments shall each receive not less than twelve thousand
pesos per annum and each instructor or professor and other personnel
shall receive the same amount of salary as those holding similar
positions at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. The head of the
graduate education department shall also act as vice president of the
institute with an annual salary equal to the amount of salary received
by the vice president of the Philippine College of Arts and Trades."
Sec. 5. Section four of the same Act is further
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 4. The school registrar, guidance counselors or
placement coordinator with an annual salary of ten thousand pesos shall
be appointed by the Director of Vocational Education upon the
recommendation of the president and shall be paid out of city funds."
Sec. 6. Section five of the same Act as further
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 5. The operation and maintenance of the
technical education department and technology department shall be
financed by the National Government. The appointment of instructors and
professors to these departments shall be based upon proven competence
and not necessarily upon qualification in civil service examinations."
Sec. 7. Section six of the same Act is further
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 6. The operation and maintenance of the science
and arts department, vocational-technical teacher education department,
the graduate education department and secondary department of the
school, including its day and evening vocational school departments,
but excluding the technical education department and technology
department shall be financed by the Government of the City of Manila.n
addition to funds taken from other sources, at least fifteen percent of
the funds raised for the City of Manila under Republic Act Numbered
Five Thousand four hundred and forty-seven as amended must be
appropriated for the said departments of the institute. The present
teachers and other personnel of Rodriguez Vocational High School shall
continue in the same capacity under the secondary and vocational
departments of the institute of science and technology. The secondary
department shall have a principal whose salary shall not be less than
ten thousand pesos per annum and assistant principals who shall be
appointed by the Director of Vocational Education upon the
recommendation of the president of the institute."
Sec. 8. The same Act is further amended by
inserting immediately after Section six thereof a new section which
shall read as follows:
"Sec. 6-A. The City Government of Manila is
authorized to establish a vocational-technical school in each of its
congressional districts as branches of the Eulogio "AMANG" Rodriguez
Institute of Science and Technology or may convert any of its existing
secondary schools upon recommendation of the President of the Eulogio
"AMANG" Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology in consultation
with the City Government of Manila and approval by the Secretary of
Education. Each of these district branches shall be headed by a
vocational technical superintendent with salary as much as those given
to school of arts and trades superintendents. The operation and
maintenance of these district vocational-technical schools shall be
financed by the City Government of Manila."
Sec. 9. Section seven of the same Act is further
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 7. Provincial students may be enrolled in the
said institute after all qualified resident applicants in the City of
Manila shall have been admitted."
SECTION 10. There is hereby inserted between Section s
seven and eight of the same Act two new sections to be known as Section seven-A and Section seven-B to read as follows:
"Sec. 7-A. The Secretary of Education is hereby
empowered to locate and acquire or cause to be located and acquired an
additional school site for the establishment of the technical education
department and other departments of the Eulogio "AMANG" Rodriguez
Institute of Science and Technology which may be public or private land
situated within the City of Manila. The city government shall provide
funds for this purpose.
"Sec. 7-B. The Director of Vocational Education with
the approval of the Secretary of Education shall issue such rules and
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act."
SECTION 11. Section eight of the same Act is further
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 8. The sum of one million five hundred thousand
pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the operation and
maintenance of the technical education department and technology
department of the Eulogio "AMANG" Rodriguez Institute of Science and
Technology during the fiscal year nineteen hundred seventy three.
Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for its operation and
maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act."
SECTION 12. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: September 30, 1972
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