Explanation:

 (Born March 18, 1928), also known as FVR, was the 12th President of the Philippines

Fidel Valdez Ramos (born March 18, 1928), also known as FVR, was the 12th President of the
Philippines. He succeeded Corazon Aquino and governed until 1998, when he was succeeded by
Joseph Estrada. He was the first, and to date the only, non-Roman Catholic president of the
Philippines.

During the authoritarian regime of President Ferdinand Marcos, Ramos was head of the
Philippine Constabulary, implementing Marcos' declaration of martial law. In the 1986 People
Power Revolution, Ramos defected from the government and was a key figure in the civilian
demonstrations that forced Marcos into exile.

The first half of Ramos' six-year term as President was characterized by rapid economic growth
and political stability in the country despite facing communist insurgencies and an Islamic
separatist movement in Mindanao. On 1997, however, the Asian financial crisis slowed the
economic growth.

 Philippines 2000 Five-Point Program:

• Peace and Stability

• Economic Growth and Sustainable Development

• Energy and Power Generation

• Environmental Protection

• Streamlined Bureaucracy

 MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 247,Republic Act No. 1425

DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS AND THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION TO FULLY IMPLEMENT REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425
ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCLUDE IN THE CURRICULA OF ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS,
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, COURSES ON THE LIFE, WORKS AND WRITINGS OF JOSE RIZAL,
PARTICULARLY HIS NOVELS, NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO, AUTHORIZING THE
PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 1425 approved on June 12, 1956, directs all schools, colleges and
universities, public and private, to include in their curricula, courses on the life, works and
writings of Jose Rizal, particularly his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo which "are a
constant and inspiring source of patriotism with which the minds of the youth, especially during
their formative and decisive years in school should be suffused;"

 By 1996, first implemented the Long-term Higher Education Development Plan

(LTHEDP), Ramos then signed the Higher Education Modernization Act (HEMA) in 1997

By 1996, President Fidel Ramos first implemented the Long-term Higher Education

Development Plan (LTHEDP), which sought to increase cost-efficiency and global

competitiveness of public higher education. Ramos then signed the Higher Education

Modernization Act (HEMA) in 1997, which pushed state universities and colleges to enter

partnerships with the private sector and generate higher internal income.