TEACHING PROFESSION

Common REPUBLIC ACTS in LET:

● RA 7836 - Philippine Teacher Professionalization Act of 1994

● RA 7796 - TESDA Act of 1994

● Article XIV 1987 Philippine Constitution (Educ.Sci & Tech,Arts,Culture& Sports) this is the very
fundamental legal basis of education in thr philippines.

● Education Act of 1982 (Batas Pambansa 232, Sept 11,1982) an Act providing for the Establishment &
Maintenance of an Integrated System of Education

● RA 4670 - Magna Carta for Public School Teachers (June 18,1966)

● RA 6713 - Code of Conduct & Ethical Standards For Public Officials and Employees

● RA 7877 - Anti-sexual Harrassment Act of 1995

● RA 9155 - Decentralization; Legal basis of Shared Governance in Basic Education

● RA 7784 - Establishment of Center of Excellence

● K-12 Curriculum - Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum

● RA 90210 - "An Act to Integrate Information Teachnology into the Public Elementary & Secondary
Curricula & Appropriating funds

● RA 10121 - DRMM approval headed by OCO office of Civil defense May 2010

REPUBLIC ACT

7610 -- Anti child abuse

7160 -- Local Government Code

9262 -- Violence against women

7877 --Anti sexual Harassment

1425 -- Batas ni Rizal

10533 -- K-12 Curriculum

4670 -- Magna Carta for Public Teacher

7836 -- LET (PRC)

9293 --Qualification of teachers, applicants, registration

9155 -- BEC

7796 -- TESDA

7722 -- CHED

9994 -- Expanded Senior citizens

7277 -- Disabilities

8049 -- Anti hazing Law ( fraternity...

6713 -- Code of conduct

REPUBLIC ACT No. 137

-Board of Textbooks. It provided for all public schools to use only those books approved by the board for
a period of six years from the date of their adoption.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 1425

-The inclusion of a course on the life, works and writings- especially the Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo of Dr. Jose Rizal in the curricula of all public and private schools.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 4670

-The Magna Carta for Public School Teachers.

REPUBLIC ACT 1079

-Commonwealth Act No.117

-Civil Service Eligibility shall be permanent and shall be valid throughout a person’s lifetime.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 6728

-The Act Providing Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education. (Scholarship
Programs)
REPUBLIC ACT No. 7722

-Creating the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) composed of a chairperson and four (4)
commissioners.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 7743

-the establishment of public libraries and reading centers in every barangay and municipality of the
country.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 7784

-The Centers of Excellence Law

REPUBLIC ACT No. 7796

-The TESDA Law

REPUBLIC ACT No. 7836

-Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994

REPUBLIC ACT No. 7877

-Anti Sexual harassment Act of 1995

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 27

-the inclusion of subject courses on human rights in the school curricula, textbooks, and other reading
materials

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 189

-All public Secondary School teachers under the administrative supervision and control of DECS.
-Issued by former President Corazon Aquino.

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 6-A

-known as the Educational Development Decree of 1972, and was implemented by the late former
President Ferdinand Marcos.

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 146

-this decree requiring ALL senior high school students to pass the National College Entrance Examination
(NCEE) as pre-requisite for admission to any post- secondary academic or professional degree program.

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No.451

-this law repealed R.A No. 6139 and authorized the Sec. of Education and Culture to regulate the
imposition of tuition fee and other school fees in all private educational institutions.

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 688

-This law gave the Civil Service Commission the power and authority to give the appropriate examination
for all public school teachers.

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1139

-this decree issued on May 13, 1977, created the position of 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 non-formal education programs of DECS.

DEPARTMENT ORDER No. 1, s.1973

-this DECS order 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

-The implementation of BILINGUAL EDUACATION Program which mandates the use of English and
Filipino as separate media of instruction.

MEC ORDER No. 22, s.1978

-ALL institutions shall offer in all their curricular programs at least six (6) units of Filipino, starting the
FIRST SEM Of school year 1979- 1980.

DECS ORDER No. 30, s. 1993

-this order issued on May 20, 1993, providing for a National Elementary Achievement Test (NEAT) for
ALL grade six pupils in Public and Private schools

DECS ORDER No. 38, s. 1994

-provided for a National Secondary Assessment Test (NSAT) to be administered to ALL graduating public
and private high school.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 1265

-the Law on the Observance of Flag Ceremon