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1987 CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE XIV: Education, Science and Technology, Arts, Culture and Sports
Free public education in the elementary and high school level. (2.2.)
e.g. patriotism, nationalism, foster love of humanity, respect for human rights,
appreciation of the role of national heroes in the historical development of the
country, teach the rights and duties of citizenship, strengthen ethical and spiritual
values, etc.
Working arrangements.
Financing the whole educational system.
Goals
1. Achieve and maintain an accelerating rate of economic development and social
progress;
2. Assure the maximum participation of all people in the attainment and
employment of such growth, and
3. Achieve and strengthen national unity and consciousness and preserve, develop
and promote desirable culture, moral, and spiritual values in a changing world.
Aims
1. Provide for a broad general education that will assist each individual in the
peculiar ecology of his own society, to:
1.1. attain his potentials as human beings;
1.2. enhance the range and quality of individual and group participation in the
basic functions of society, and
1.3. acquire essential educational foundations of his development into a
productive and versatile citizen.
2. Train the nation’s manpower in the middle – level skills required for national
development.
3. Develop the profession that will provide leadership for the nation in the
advancement of knowledge for improving the quality of human life, and
4. Respond effectively to changing needs and conditions of the nations through a
system educational planning and evaluation.
1. Rights
1.1. Right to organize themselves and/or with teachers for the discussion
betterment of the school.
1.2. Right to access to any official record concerning the children who are under
their parental responsibility.
2. Duties
2.1. Duty to help carry out the educational objectives in accordance with national
goals.
2.2. Duty to enable their children to obtain elementary education and shall strive to
enable them to obtain secondary or higher education in the pursuance of the
right formation of the youth.
2.3. Duty to cooperate with the school in the implementation of the school
program.
1. Rights
1.2. Right to freely choose their field of study subject to existing course therein up
to graduation, except in cases of academic deficiency or disciplinary
regulations.
1.4. Right of access to his own school records, the confidentiality of which the
school shall maintain and preserve.
1.9. Right to be free from involuntary contributions, except those approve by their
own organizations or societies.
2. Duties
2.4. Duty to participate actively in civic affairs, and in the promotion of the general
welfare.
The Department shall be responsible for the formulation, planning, implementation, and
coordination of policies, plans, programs and projects in the areas of formal and non –
formal education at all levels: elementary, secondary, higher, technical – vocational, non
– formal, sports and culture.
ELIGIBILITY:
Rights of Teachers
1. Study leave (Sabbatical leave) – with pay equivalent to 60% of salary after seven
years of service.
2. Indefinite leave
3. Maternity leave with pay for 60 days.
4. Vacation leave with pay.
5. Enjoy one range salary raise upon retirement, which shall be the basis of the
retirement pay and the monthly benefits thereafter.
Teacher’s Organization
1. Freedom to organize.
2. Prohibition of discrimination against teachers.
Act No. 74
January 1, 1901
Laid the foundations of Philippine public school system and made English as the
language of instruction.
Established in the Philippine Normal School and Trade school in Manila, and an
Agricultural school in Negros.
RA 476
June 18, 1949
Converted the Philippine Normal School into a Teacher college and offered courses
leading to Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and Master of Arts in
education.
RA 7168
December 26, 1991
Converted the Philippine Normal School into a University.
RA 6655
PD 603
Required that every school division should organize special classes for children with
special needs.
RA 5250 (1966)
Provided a ten – year teacher education program in Special education for the
teaching of the gifted, mentally – retarded and those with behaviour problems.
Only two schools offered undergraduate in SPEd: UP COEd and CEU.
RA 7686
RA 7687
PD 1006
September 22, 1976
PD 146
Required all high school graduates seeking admissions to post – secondary degrees
necessitating a minimum of four years study to pass a national entrance
examination.
RA 7731
Abolished the NCEE to give the marginalized sector greater access to college
education.
RA 7743
RA 7791
RA 1265
RA 7836
RA 10157
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