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- repealed by virtue of R. A. No. 7731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)
 Thank
You!