SEC.

24 - SPECIALIZED
EDUCATIONAL SERVICE

Objectives of Non- education and Specialized Educational services

1. To eradicate illiteracy and raise the level of functional literacy of

the population
2. To provide unemployed and underemployed youth
and adults with appropriate vocational or technical
skills to enable them to become more productive and
effective citizens and

3. To develop among the clientele of non formal

education proper values and attitudes necessary for
personal, community, and national development.
SEC. 25 - ESTABLISHMENT
OF SCHOOLS

The establishment of all schools: new national schools and the conversion
of existing schools from elementary to National secondary or tertiary
schools shall be by law.
 SEC. 27 - RECOGNITION OF
SCHOOLS

The educational operations of schools shall be subject to their prior

authorization of the government, and shall be affected by recognition. In the
case of government operated schools, recognition of educational programs
and operations shall be deemed granted simultaneously with establishment.
SEC. 59 - FUNCTIONS OF THE
BOARD OF HIGHER
EDUCATION
1. To make policy recommendations regarding the planning and
management of the integrated system of higher education and continuing
evaluation thereof

2. To recommend to the minister of education, culture and sports steps to

improve the governance of the various components of the higher education
system at national and regional levels.
3. To assist the minister of education,
culture and sports in making
recommendations relative to the
generation of resources and their
allocation for higher education.
SEC. 62 - FUNCTIONS OF THE
BUREAU OF ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION
1. Conduct studies and formulate, develop, and evaluate programs and
educational standards for elementary education.
2. Undertake studies necessary for the preparation of prototype curricular
designs, Instructional materials, and teacher training programs for elementary
education
3. Formulate guidelines to improve elementary school physical plans and
equipment, and general management of these schools.
SEC. 63 - FUNCTIONS OF THE
BUREAU OF SECONDARY
EDUCATION

1. Conduct studies and formulate, develop and evaluate programs, and

educational standards for secondary education
2. Develop curricular designs and prepare instructional materials and
prepare and evaluate programs to update the quality of the teaching and non
teaching staff at the secondary level.
3. Prepare and evaluate programs to update the
quality of the teaching and non teaching staff at the
secondary level.

4. Formulate guidelines to improve the secondary

school physical plans and equipment, and general
management of these schools.
SEC. 64- FUNCTIONS OF
BUREAU OF TECHNICAL AND
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

1. Collaborate with other agencies in the formulation of manpower plans

2. Conduct studies, formulate, develop and evaluate post secondary vocational

technical programs and recommend educational standards for these programs
3. Develop curricular designs and prepare
instructional materials, prepare and evaluate
programs to upgrade the quality of teaching
and non teaching staff, and formulate
guidelines to improve the physical plans and
equipment of post secondary vocational
technical schools.
 SEC. 65- FUNCTIONS OF THE
BUREAU OF HIGHER
EDUCATION
1. Develop, formulate and evaluate programs, projects, and educational
standards for a higher education
2. Provide staff assistance to the Board of higher education in it's policy
formulation and advisory functions
3. Provide technical assistance to encourage institutional development
programs and projects
4. Compile, analyze, and evaluate data on higher
education

5. Perform other functions provided for by law

SEC. 66- FUNCTIONS OF THE
BUREAU OF CONTINUING
EDUCATION

1. Serve as a means of meeting the learning needs of those unable to avail

themselves of the Educational services and programs of formal education
2. Provide opportunities for the acquisition of skills necessary to enhance
and ensure continuing employability, efficiency, productivity, and
competitiveness in the labor market
3. Serve as a means for expanding access
to Educational opportunities to citizens of
varied interests,. Demographic
characteristics, and socio- economic
origins or status.
REPUBLIC ACT 6655- FREE
PUBLIC SECONDARY
EDUCATION ACT OF 1988

It is the policy of the State to provide for a free public secondary

education to all qualified citizens and to promote quality
education at all levels.
SEC. 4- IMPLEMENTATION OF
FREE PUBLIC SECONDARY
EDUCATION
The students enrolled in secondary course offerings in national and general
comprehensive high schools, state colleges and universities, specialized schools,
trade, technical, vocational, fishery and agricultural schools and in schools which
may be established by law, shall be free from payment of tuition and other school
fees, except fees related to membership in the school community such as
identification cards, student organizations and publication which may be
collected:
provided, that nothing in this Act shall
cause or authorize the reduction or
removal of any benefit which the national
or local government may have granted to
the students, teachers and other school
personnel of these public high schools
prior to the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 5- FORMULATION OF
SECONDARY EDUCATION
CURRICULUM

The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall formulate a secondary

education curriculum in order to upgrade its quality, efficiency and access.n
addition to providing the high school students with general skills, knowledge
and values, such a curriculum must include vocational and technical courses
that will give the students gainful employment.
SEC. 7-NATIONALIZATION OF
PUBLIC SECONDARY
SCHOOLS
To effectively implement the system, the establishment, renaming, conversion,
integration, separation, administration, supervision and control of all public
secondary schools and public secondary school teachers and other school
personnel, including the payment of their salaries allowances and other fringe
benefits as well as those already provided by local governments are hereby
vested in the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
 SEC. 8- PRIORITY IN
ADMISSION

Graduates of public elementary schools in a municipality shall be given

priority in admission when the present facilities in the same municipality
cannot accommodate all of those applying for enrollment in the public high
schools.
Section
REPUBLIC ACT 7160-LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
SEC. 98- CREATION, AND
COMPENSATION OF LOCAL
SCHOOL BOARD
The provincial school board shall be composed of the governor and the division
superintendent of schools as co- chairman; the chairman of the education committee of
the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the provincial treasurer, the representative of the
Pederasyon ng mga Samgguniang Kabataan in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the
duly elected presedent of the provincial federation of parents- teachers associations, the
duly elected representative of the non- academic personnel of public schools in the
province, as members.
The city school board shall be composed of the city mayor and the
city superintendent of schools as co- chairmen; the chairman of the
education committee of the Sangguniang Kabataan in the
Sangguniang Panlungsod, the city treasurer, the representative of
the Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang kabataan in the Sangguniang
Panlungsod, the duly elected president of the city federation of
parents- teachers associations, the duly elected representative of
the teacher's organization in the city, and the duly elected
representative of the non- academic personnel of public schools in
the city, as members.
The municipal school board shall be composed of the municipal
mayor and the district supervisor of school s as co-chairmen; the
chairman of the education committee of the Sangguniang Bayan,
the municipal treasurer, the representative of the Pederasyon ng
mga Sangguniang Kabataan in the Sangguniang Bayan, the duly
elected president of the municipal federation of parents- teachers
associations, the duly elected representative of the non- academic
personnel of public schools in the municipality, as members.
SEC.99- FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL
SCHOOL BOARDS
1. Determining the annual supplementary budgetary needs for the operation and
maintenance of public schools within the province, city, or municipality, as the case
may be, and the supplementary local cost meeting such as needs, which shall be
reflected in the form of annual school board budget corresponding to its share of the
proceeds of the special levy on real property constituting the Special Education Fund
and such other sources of revenue as this code and other laws or ordinances may
provide;
2. Authorizing the provincial, city or municipal
treasurer, as the case may be, to disburse funds from
Special Education Fund pursuant to the budget
prepared and in accordance with existing rules and
regulations;
3. Serving as an advisory committee to the Sanggunian
concerned on educational matter such as, but not
limited to, the necessity for and the uses of local
appropriations for educational purposes; and
4. Recommending changes in the names of public
schools with the territorial jurisdiction of the local
government unit for enactment by the sanggunian
concerned.
The department of Education, Culture, and Sports
shall consult the local school board on the
appointment of division superintendents, district
supervisors, school principals, and other school
officials.
 SEC.100- MEETINGS,
QUOROM, AND BUDGET

1. The local school board shall meet at least once a month as often as may be
necessary.

2. Any of the chairmen may call a majority of all its members shall constitute
a quorum.
SEC. 101- COMPENSATION AND
REMUNERATION

The co-chairmen and members of the provincial, city or municipal school

board shall perform their duties as such without compensation or
remuneration. Members thereof who are not government officials or
employees shall be entitled to necessary traveling expenses and allowances
chargeable against the funds of the local school board concerned, subject to
existing accounting and auditing rules and regulations.