Batas Pambansa

Blg. 232
Reported by:
Salvacion L. Depositario
Casumae L. Depositario
What is Batas Pambansa Blg. 232?
 It is also known as “Education Act of
1982”
 It is established to maintain a
complete, adequate and integrated
system of education relevant to the
goals of national development.
 It is applicable for both formal and

non – formal systems in public and

private schools.
Rights
 Parents – access to any official record of
their child and organize forum with the
teachers for efficient implementation of
programs.
 Students – receive relevant quality
education, freely choose their field of study,
seek guidance and counselling service,
access to records, issuance of official
certificates, join and participate in
organization, and free from involuntary
contributions.
Rights
 School Personnel – free expression of
opinion, free legal service, join and
maintain labor organization, and free
from involuntary contributions.
 Teaching or Academic Staff – free

from compulsory assignments not

related to their duties, deemed
persons in authority, and opportunity
to choose alternative career lines.
Rights
 School Administration – accorded
sufficient administrative discretion,
and deemed persons in authority.
 Schools – provide for the proper

governance, adopt and enforce

management systems, and determine
on academic grounds who shall be
admitted to study and who may teach.
Duties and Obligations
 Parents – help carry out the
educational objectives, obtain their
children with education, and
cooperate with the school.
 Students – develop his potentialities

for service, uphold the academic

integrity of the school, promote the
peace in school, participate in civic
affairs, and exercise his rights
responsibly.
Duties and Obligations
 Teachers – perform his duties to the
school, accountable for the efficient
and effective attainment of learning
objectives, render reports on
performance of students, assume the
responsibility to maintain and sustain
his professional growth, and
participate as an agent of constructive
change in his school.
Duties and Obligations
 School Administrators – perform
duties to the school, accountable for
the efficient and effective
administration, maintain a healthy
school atmosphere, maintain
professional behavior in his work,
render reports, observe due process
and fairness, and maintain adequate
records and submit required reports
to the DepEd.
Duties and Obligations
 AcademicNon – Teaching Personnel –
improve himself professionally be
keeping abreast of the latest trends,
and promote and maintain an
atmosphere conducive to service.
Educational Systems
 Formal Education:
> Elementary Education
> Secondary Education
> Tertiary Education
 Non – Education and Specialized Educational

Services:
> Work Education
> Special Education
> Non – formal Education
Establishment of Schools
 New national schools and the conversion of
existing schools from elementary to
national secondary or tertiary schools shall
be by law.
 Any private school proposed to be
established must incorporate as an non –
stock educational corporation in accordance
with the provisions of the Corporation Code
of the Philippines.
Recognition of Schools
 Effects:

> Permanent authority to operate.

> Entitled the school to give
students who have completed the
course a diploma.
> Entitle the students who have
graduated to all the benefits and
privileges enjoyed by graduates.
Violation
 Operating without permit – fine 2000
– 10,000 or imprisonment for a
maximum period of two years.
 If the act is committed by a school
corporation, the school head together
with the person or persons
responsible for the offense shall be
equally liable.
Voluntary Accreditation
 It is a process by which schools has a desire
to meet standards of quality over and above
minimum required for State recognition.
 Accrediting Agencies:

> Philippine Accrediting Association of

Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU)
> Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges
and Universities of the Philippines (AACUP)
Funding of Public Schools
 National Funds
 Financial Aid Assistance to Public
Secondary Schools
 Share of Local Government
 Special Education Fund
 Tuition and other School Fees
 Income from other Sources
Funding of Private Schools

 Capital Investment
 Government Assistance
 Tuition and Other Fees
 Income from Other Sources
 Institutional Funds
Incentives to Education
 School Property – real property such
as lands, buildings used for education
shall be subject to the real property
tax based on an assessment of fifteen
percent.
 Gifts or Donations to Schools –
recognized by the government shall
not be subject to tax if it is for
improvement of classrooms.
Incentives to Education
 Earnings from Established Scholarship
Funds – exception from tax until
scholarship fund is fully liquidated.
 School Dispersal Program – if the total

proceeds of the sale are reinvested in

a new or existing duly established
school has exception from tax.
 Conversion to Educational
Foundations
Assistance to Students
 Government Assistance to Students –
government shall provide assistance
to financially disadvantaged and
deserving students.
 Grant of Scholarship Pursuant to
Existing Laws
 Assistance from the Private Sector