TEACHING PROFESSION
7610 -- Anti child abuse
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 the philippines.
● E (Batas Pambansa 232, Sept
11,education Act of 19821982) 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 Harassment
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 Technology into the Public
Elementary & Secondary Curricula &
Appropriating funds
● RA 10121 - DRMM approval headed
by OCO office of Civil defense May
2010
REPUBLIC ACT
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
Ceremony