OTHER LEGAL BASES

BY

ANABELLA P. DASMARINAS

Republic Act No. 7797 - provided for the lengthening of the school calendar from 200 days to not more than 220 days

Republic Act No. 7836 - this is known as the “Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994”

Executive Order No. 27 - this law seeks to include course or subjects on human rights in the school curricula, in textbooks, and other reading materials and in the qualifying examinations on government service

Executive Order No. 189 - placed all public secondary school teachers under the administrative Supervision and Control of the Department of Education Culture and Sports

Presidential Decree 6-A - known as the “Educational Development Decree of 1972”

- spelled-out the national development goals in section 2

Executive Order No. 146 - required all senior high school students to pass the National College Entrance Examination - repealed by virtue of R. A. No. 7731 which abolished the National College Entrance Examination

Presidential Decree No. 451 - this law authorized the Secretary of Education and Culture to regulate the imposition of tuition and other school fees in all private educational institutions

Presidential Decree No. 688 - gave the Civil Service Commission the power and authority to give appropriate examination for all public school teachers

Presidential Decree No. 907 - grants civil service eligibility to all honor graduates ( i.e. summa cum laude, magna cum laude, cum laude ) of four-year or longer courses from schools, colleges and universities of good standing starting school year 1972-1973

Presidential Decree No. 1006 - all teachers are required to pass the Professional Board Examination for Teachers before they be allowed to teach

Presidential Decree No. 1139 - created the Undersecretary for Non-formal education who shall make an overall assessment of the existing non-formal education programs and shall take charge of all the non-formal education programs of the Department of Education and Culture

Department Order No. 1, s.1973

- reiterates the policy on the use of locally-published textbooks of Filipino authorship in all levels of education both public and private

Department Order No. 25, s. 1974

- implemented the Bilingual Education program mandating the use of English and Filipino as separate media of instruction

MEC Order No. 22, s. 1978

- all institutions of higher learning shall offer in all curricular programs at least six units of Filipino

MEC Order No. 34, s. 1980

- prescribed that “any student, teacher, professor, officer or employee of the university, college or school who impedes, obstructs, prevents or defeats the right and obligation of a teacher or professor to teach his subject, or the right of the student to attend his classes shall be subject to disciplinary action without prejudices to the criminal liability of the offender

MEC Order No. 57, s. 1981

- protects the rights of all the students in all institutions of higher learning to participate or join organizations and publications on campus governed by law

MEC Order No. 44, s. 1983

- this order was known as the “Revised Procedure for Determining Honor Pupils in the Elementary Grades”

DECS Order No. 49, s. 1992

- this provides the “Guidelines on the selection of Honor Students in the Secondary School”

DECS Order No. 30, s. 1993

- this ordinance requires all graduating pupils in the elementary level to take the National Elementary Achievement Test ( NEAT ) in preparation for the secondary course

DECS Order No. 38, s. 1994

- Pursuant to this Order all senior high school students shall be required to take the National Secondary Assessment Test (NSAT)

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